Attention and focus are essential for students to process and retain new information effectively. This explainer examines how students direct their attention in a schooling environment and how the actions of the teacher can support focus, minimise the impact of distractions on learning and foster conditions for learning success.

This explainer outlines how students develop mastery by consolidating knowledge – storing and strengthening it in memory through practice and review – enabling them to solve unfamiliar problems, think critically and creatively, and generate new representations and applications of their understanding.

This explainer explores the critical processes through which students acquire, store and utilise knowledge to develop understanding. Knowing the function of memory systems and the process of acquiring knowledge helps explain how learning is retained over time and supports students’ ability to build on what they know.

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.

One of the biggest challenges schools face at the start of 2025 is the persistently high levels of student chronic absenteeism. The goal of this report is to elevate student engagement as an important indicator to combat chronic absenteeism and help young people thrive in school. The report defines four modes of student engagement and...