Australia Association for Research in Education
Indigenous education policy
The trickery used to marginalise and silence Indigenous voice in education
Indigenous education policy, reviews and reports have consistently sought for the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in all levels of decision-making. However, actions and evidence suggest otherwise: the silencing and marginalisation of Indigenous peoples continues. My research focuses on the various mechanisms put in place that counter the goodwill intentions shared by …
Boarding school for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students can have very damaging effects: new evidence-based research
For many Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students living in remote communities across Australia, ‘choice’ in secondary education …
Myth buster: improving school attendance does not improve student outcomes
Does improved student attendance lead to improved student achievement? Join prime ministers, premiers and education ministers from all sides of politics if you believe it does. They regularly tell us about the need to “improve” or “increase” attendance in order to improve achievement. We recently had unprecedented access to state government data on individual school …