This report discusses the findings of an investigation into student attendance in Australian schools for Education Ministers. it presents the findings of: analysis of attendance data, a rapid literature review on barriers to attendance, and a rapid literature review on approaches to supporting attendance and addressing student absence.

This report explores how four dimensions of digital equity – access, data, design, and use – each contribute to or hinder educational equity. It finds that although technology can help bridge learning gaps it can also exacerbate existing disadvantages. The authors argue that Australian students need a digital equity guarantee to prevent the existing digital...

This report contains student performance and proficiency data on creative thinking and explores the relationship between performance and socioeconomic, geographic and cultural factors. The data shows significant variation between countries and a clear relationship between socioeconomic advantage and creative thinking.

Education policy can either worsen or offset social disadvantages. It can bridge or widen gaps, and it can drive or impede social mobility. With a focus on equitable, needs-based funding, this report argues for increased investment in public education as the key to reversing Queensland’s declining education outcomes.

Not all young people have equal access to decent education and employment opportunities. This guide explains how the Psychology of Working Theory can be utilised to understand and contest the effects of inequality and marginalisation and develops a vision of a transformative career education.