Primary education
Alternative labels
Primary schools
Strategy
Attendance and engagement strategy
School attendance has been declining in New Zealand since 2015 across all year levels, deciles, ethnicities and regions. This strategy document forms the response to a recent inquiry report from the Education and Workforce Select Committee, and provides the framework for a nationwide campaign to lift student attendance and engagement.
Report
Improving quality use of research evidence in practice: insights from cross-sector co-design
The Q Project is a 5-year partnership between Monash University and the Paul Ramsay Foundation to understand and improve the use of research evidence in Australian schools. In 2021, the project hosted two series of co-design workshops with teachers, school leaders and other education stakeholders, to develop improvement interventions. This document reports on the outcomes...
Submission
Primary school efficacy: the best lever we have to improve the nation's productivity
In this submission, Primary Focus argues that primary school efficacy is the best policy lever that Australian state and federal governments have to improve Australia’s productivity performance.
Policy
Free education for life
This policy statement outlines The Greens' policy position on education in Australia.
Report
Setting the preschool foundation for success in mathematics
This paper presents the results of a four-year longitudinal study – including two years of preschool (age 4 years), kindergarten, and first grade – designed to identify the early quantitative competencies that predict readiness to learn mathematics at school entry.