Education

In an article in the New York Review of Books, Research Professor of Education at New York University Diane Ravitch contextualises Yong Zhao's research into education thinking across the Pacific.

The Mitchell Institute blog is a place where we will share our ideas, express opinions, test thoughts about our emerging policy thinking and generally talk about the things that are exciting us.

This analysis and background paper shows that Australian governments are prioritising their investment in some aspects of education over others - with schools and universities the beneficiaries and VET in decline.

Riddled by unhelpful duplication, stagnating performance, growing inequities, poor investment and limited cooperation, schooling is often cited as an example of what is wrong with Australia’s federal system.