Inclusive education: What will it take?
In this C4IE blog, QUT’s Professor Suzanne Carrington and Dr Glenys Mann warn against segregating children with disability. The recent announcement that six more special schools are to be built in Queensland reminds us that progress on inclusive education can never be taken for granted. International conventions on the right to an…
Debt relief is a start but Indigenous research students need other support now
By Thu Pham, Peter Anderson, C4IE member Angela Baeza Pena and Levon Blue “Debt relief is welcome, but it won’t keep students in programs where they feel unsafe, unsupported, or invisible.” The Albanese Government’s recent move to wipe out 20% of student HECS-HELP debt is a welcome financial reprieve, a symbolic and practical gesture…
We tracked 72,000 NSW public school students over a decade and found 19% had been suspended or expelled
By C4IE Health and Wellbeing Program Co-lead Professor Kristin Laurens, HDR Student Lauren Piltz, and Director Professor Linda Graham
Suspending or expelling a student is the most serious disciplinary measure available to schools.
Research tells us it can have a negative impact on a students’ learning, their connection to school and
Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive
By Jessa Rogers and C4IE member Kristin Laurens Our new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its kind. We wanted to understand what helps them thrive as they grow up. For more than 15 years, the Footprints in Time study has looked at the experiences of Indigenous…
On AERO: Read this now. The critiques are well-founded
In the latest AARE blog, Professor Linda Graham from C4IE, shares timely reflections on the KPMG review of the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO). KPMG is conducting a review of the Australian Educational Research Organisation (AERO), a ministerial-owned company funded by the Commonwealth, state and territory…
Students in Year 10 are set to choose senior subjects. Those with disability miss out. Why?
In this blog, Dr Lara Maia-Pike from C4IE highlights how Year 10 students across Australia face anxiety during career events and subject-selection interviews for Years 11 and 12, and explains that while making decisions about their future is challenging for most, it becomes even more complex for those in equity groups—especially students…
What do you think: Will Labor fix higher education?
By Thu Pham, C4IE member Angela Baeza Pena, Peter Anderson, and Levon Blue The recent federal election victory of the Albanese Labor government, which secured a larger majority in parliament, presents a unique opportunity to implement meaningful reforms in Australian higher education. With this victory comes the responsibility to address…
With a government review underway, we have to ask why children bully other kids
By C4IE member Professor Marilyn Campbell and C4IE HDR student Shannon O’Brien The federal government has launched a “rapid review” to look at what works to prevent bullying in schools. Led by mental health experts, the review will underpin a new national standard to respond to bullying. This follows the death of a young Sydney school…
Schools today also teach social and emotional skills. Why is this important? And what’s involved?
By C4IE members Professor Kristin Laurens and Dr Emma Carpendale The school curriculum has changed a lot from when many parents and grandparents were at school. Alongside new approaches to learning maths and increasing attention on technology, there is a compulsory focus on social and emotional skills. Children start developing these…
Building joined up policy now, across and beyond the education sector
C4IE member Professor Martin Mills, in his second post for the AARE blog on education priorities for the 2025 federal election, explains why Australia needs “connected solutions” and “stronger alignment across sectors and policy portfolios”. Education Crises: Teacher Shortages and Student Attendance One of the most pressing issues is…