Resource type: Report
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…
Assessing the ATAR: Exploring the use of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
Mitchell Institute report explores ATAR’s changing role in school-to-university transitions and its impact on equity and opportunity.
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.
England is one of the worst countries in Europe for access to childcare
World-first study analysing centre-based childcare and nursery data finds almost half of the population in England (45%) live in a childcare desert.
Childcare deserts: where you live matters
World-first global tracking of childcare access provides vital information.
Childcare deserts: 700,000 Australians with no childcare access
VU's Mitchell Institute has found that around 24% of Australians live in 'childcare deserts', where there are more than three children per childcare place.
Development, structure and use of the Resources’ Attributes for evidence-informed Practice Tool (RAPT)
This report explains the purpose, development, structure and use of the Resources’ Attributes for evidence-informed Practice Tool (RAPT).
How does public policy frame practices necessary for well-functioning systems? An analysis of Australian federal public policy on place-based approaches
In this report, we examine how Australian federal policies related to place-based approaches frame these four practices.
Mapping the Hume Jobs and Skills Ecosystem
This commissioned report identifies programs in Hume City related to employment and education.
Reinvigorating & reimagining our schools: A vision for post-pandemic schooling in Australia
The future of Australian education must move beyond post-COVID recovery to reinvigoration.
Huge variation across electorates in childhood development & childcare cost & access
New analysis shows which electorates across Australia have the most expensive childcare, least childcare access and the most children that are developmentally at risk.