Training new teachers with digital simulations
Trainee teachers need more opportunities to practice before they start working in the classroom. Our recent work, funded by the Susan McKinnon Foundation, finds that…
Potential Unrealised
Making pre-school more affordable for families would lead to more children finishing school, lower unemployment, less crime and better health outcomes, according to new…
Child Care Activity Test: Incentive or Barrier to Female Participation
Our report into the impacts of the Activity Test on female participation find that rather than acting as an incentive it is acting as a barrier to female participation, through…
Opinion Article, The West Australian: Literacy gap grows for kids from disadvantaged backgrounds
Impact Economics Education Lead Julie Sonnemann joined with Jordana Hunter from the Grattan Institute to outline how the literacy gap is growing for kids whose parents…
The Conversation: Julie Sonnemann on small-group tutoring
Julie Sonnemann’s most recent article in The Conversation outlines how small group tutoring presents an opportunity to boost learning and bridge learning gaps…
2023-24 Pre-Budget Submission - Women for Progress
Impact Economics and Policy worked with Women for Progress a group of leading women from business, philanthopy and the non-profit sector to develop their…
Aftershock - Children's Wellbeing and Development
The final report in our series of reports Aftershock: Addressing the Economic and Social Costs of the Pandemic and Natural Disasters focuses on Children’s Wellbeing and Development…
Childcare reforms will deliver economic benefits for decades to come
Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson and Lead Education Julie Sonnemann published an opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review on the recent announcement by the…