Publications & resources
Years apart: Australia’s growing educational inequality
Australia is not tracking well in meeting its goals of equity and excellence, with large learning gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students that continue to grow. This report draws on…
Calls for full-service schools to tackle Australia’s growing education divide
Researchers from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute are calling for the implementation of full-service schools to tackle Australia’s widening education divide.
Research Spotlight: Australian Early Development Census 2024
The latest Mitchell Institute Research Spotlight analyses the 2024 AEDC results, showing increased levels of developmental vulnerability in Australian kids.
Unequal from the start: The achievement gap & the early years
Disadvantaged children who perform well at a very young age are overtaken by their peers from more advantaged backgrounds as they move towards school age.
New research shows the disadvantage ‘achievement gap’ starts before preschool
Disadvantaged children who perform well at a very young age are overtaken by their peers from more advantaged backgrounds as they move towards school age.
Universities Accord: ‘Gonski-style’ funding is on the table for higher ed
This will see some universities gain more than others.
Champions of the needs-based funding model, VU welcomes the Australian Universities Accord recommendations
VU welcomes Universities Accord focus on equity and access.
How the early childhood learning & care system works (& doesn’t work)
Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector.