Resource type: Policy Brief
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.
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.
Election 2025 Education Policy Brief: Schools
School education is always a policy priority for voters in Australia. So what’s on the table for this year’s federal election?
Election 2025 Education Policy Brief: Early Childhood Education & Care
Cost of living pressures and childcare access concerns mean early childhood education and care is a key election battleground.
Needs-based funding: Lessons from the school sector
The Universities Accord has identified needs-based funding as a potential policy approach, but why is this and what might it look like?
Election 2022: Higher Education Policy Brief
After facing enormous difficulties during the pandemic, the higher education sector is in a slow but steady recovery mode.
Election 2022: Early Childhood Education & Care Policy Brief
Cost of living pressures and debates about women’s social and economic security mean early childhood education and care is a key election battleground.
Election Policy Brief: VET
Skills shortages are making vocational education and training a prominent election issue; what are the major parties' policies?
Better data needed to stop young Australians missing out
A new paper by Mitchell Institute at Victoria University calls for better education data to shape policies that will make the most difference for young Australians.