The purpose of the review was to examine what is working to prevent and respond to bullying in Australian schools and what needs strengthening. The review includes eight recommendations that aim to ensure that every Australian school is a safe, inclusive and respectful learning environment where bullying and other harmful behaviours are not accepted.

This report provides insights into strategies and interventions that improve aspects of wellbeing linked to learning and clarifies the degree of evidence underpinning them. It finds that Australian education systems and sectors can have medium to very high confidence in the wellbeing strategies and interventions identified.

This guide provides a direct comparison of Easy English and Easy Read, two different accessible text formats both used widely in Australia. There are significant accessibility differences between these two formats. However, there is considerable confusion about them, with many agencies believing the two terms are used interchangeably to describe the same thing.

The ‘achievement gap’ – a persistent difference in education outcomes by socioeconomic background – begins at two to three years and by the time children reach school has become entrenched. This report recommends a child-centred, needs-based approach to early years system design and funding. However, to date Australia has taken the opposite road when it...

This report argues that the growing emphasis on skills in the workplace calls for a refocus of education systems to focus towards essential skills with high impact on learning. The report identifies five such skills: critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and self-regulation.

Teacher attrition – the rate at which teachers leave the profession – is often seen as a key factor behind teacher shortages in Australia. Using linked administrative tax data, this analysis offers a detailed picture of who is leaving the teaching profession, when they leave and what they do next.

The findings of this inquiry into civics education and participation in Australia shows low media literacy and inconsistent implementation is reducing engagement. The report calls for a national media literacy strategy, and recommends a four-part approach to strengthening and standardising civics education.

Gender-based violence is a serious and pervasive issue in Australian schools. This blueprint provides a practical, evidence-based framework for governments on how to successfully implement, coordinate and monitor an evidenced-based approach to respectful relationships education. It identifies three key phases for education policy and decision makers to consider in implementing this approach.

In 2024, more than 17,500 children aged 8-12 years across South Australia took part in the annual Commissioner’s Student Voice Postcards initiative. Their responses provide clear insight into their lives, including the conditions which shape them. They also expose patterns of systemic challenges that must be addressed.

An examination of vocational education and training (VET) teachers’ understanding of how people learn, and how they cater to the learning needs and preferences of their students across a range of different contexts. The research finds most VET teachers use a similar overarching strategy in their teaching and identifies three areas of focus promoting the...