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Systems that learn: creating an education evidence ecosystem
The ABC’s recent documentary Revolution School has given an insight into the fantastic work of teachers and school leaders at Melbourne’s Kambrya College. The show has chronicled the remarkable turnaround at Kambrya, which from 2008-15 rose from being in the bottom 10% of schools in Victoria to the top 20%. Adding to the passion and...
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Managing to outcomes: what, why and how?
Measuring the things that matter most is only part of the story; real change comes through building a culture that understands how to use this data to manage to outcomes. Five key reasons for managing to outcomes are: to sustain or grow funding, to improve the lives of beneficiaries, to find new ways of addressing...
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A collective impact learning lab
Burnie Works is a community-wide collaborative initiative in North West Tasmania that is applying the collective impact framework to address the complex problem of low school retention and high youth unemployment. Their generous learning spirit allows us to critically review how Burnie Works has interpreted and applied the collective impact framework and examine what is...
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Healthy country, healthy people
Recent analyses of five Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) across regional and remote Australia demonstrate the social and cultural co-benefits of Indigenous land management initiatives.
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Do's and don'ts of investing in Indigenous social enterprises
Insights from the recent two year Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund pilot provide lessons about supporting Indigenous social enterprises to grow. The Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund (ISEF) was established to support the development of Indigenous social enterprises to scale and become sustainable. A $1 million, two-year pilot, the ISEF offered a combination of a grant and...