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Opinion

The NAPLAN fine print we missed: the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students is growing

Last week’s NAPLAN results landed with their usual media splash. There were headlines worrying about the significant proportions of students below certain benchmarks and specific questions about maths results for…
Media release

New research shows gap between advantaged & disadvantaged students is growing

Drawing on 17 years of NAPLAN data, new research from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows clear, consistent and growing gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students in Australia.
Report

Years apart: Australia’s growing educational inequality

How is Australia tracking in meeting its educational goals of excellence and equity? How well are our school systems supporting schools to meet the needs of disadvantaged students?
Media release

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. 
Report

Achieving Better & Fairer Schools: The case for full-service school models in Australia

In their new report, the Mitchell Institute calls for full-service school models as a purpose-built solution to Australia's growing educational inequality.
Research Spotlight

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.
Opinion

Uni fail rate falls by 40% with block model

A Mitchell Institute report shines a light on how quality teaching and innovation in universities can dramatically improve learning.
News

Lifting health & education outcomes through community collaboration

The Mitchell Institute and the Brimbank City Council have launched the Brimbank Collaboration, a project to lift health and education outcomes in the Brimbank community, and in others.