Deepen Your Understanding

Explore the evidence, reports, and foundational literature that inform our campaign's principles and policy direction.

Explore the Evidence

Our campaign is informed by research, evidence and international examples. Explore the books, reports and papers that have shaped our thinking.

Book

Rich Kid Poor Kid - The Battle for Public Education in Australia

With her trademark no-nonsense analysis and drawing from her personal experiences, Caro lays out the steps that brought us to this point and what Australia can do to get a public education system worthy of such a wealthy country.

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Book cover titled 'Rich Kid Poor Kid' by Jane Caro, discussing the battle for public education, published by Vantage Point.

Policy Framework

Plan for a Common Network (École ensemble)

The foundational Canadian policy document showcasing how to build a shared, equitable school framework.

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Cover of a publication titled 'Plan for a Common School Network' with a red background, black and yellow text, and images of raised hands at the bottom.

Policy Framework

Choice and Fairness: a common framework for all Australian schools

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Book

Changing Australian Education

Distinguished Professor Alan Reid

How policy is taking us backwards
and what can be done about it

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Three people sitting at a table, with a woman on the left, a man in the middle holding a book titled 'Choice and Fairness', and a man on the right, smiling and looking at the book, in a casual indoor setting.
Book cover titled 'Changing Australian Education' by Alan Reid, featuring a red background with black pen and pencil illustrations.

Book

Unbeaching the Whale

Dean Ashenden examines why Australian schooling continues to struggle despite decades of reform, and what meaningful system change might look like.

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Book cover with orange background titled 'Unbeaching the Whale: Can Australia's schooling be reformed?' by Dean Ashenden, featuring an illustration of a whale tail.

Research Paper

The Veil of Ignorance

All people are biased by their situations, so how can people agree on a “social contract” to govern how the world should work, according to philosopher John Rawls.

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Diagram explaining the concept of 'Veil of Ignorance' as a device for fairer society, under the heading 'Ethics Defined' on an orange background.

Research Paper

The Australian private school ascendancy: origins, development and future

Open access in the Australian Educational Researcher

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Research Paper

Nancy Fraser’s Status model and the Identity model of Recognition

The utility of Nancy Fraser's social justice theories in understanding how schools and systems might be more socially just

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Cover page of a journal titled "Australian Educational Researcher," published in April 2014 by Springer. The journal features colorful geometric lines and the Australian Association for Research in Education logo.
Book cover titled "Nancy Fraser's Status model and the Identity model of Recognition" with a white background and dark blue text.

Research Paper

Schooling and social justice through the lenses of Nancy Fraser

Keddie, A. (2012).
Critical Studies in Education, 53(3), 263–279.

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Book cover titled "Critical Studies in Education" with a red background and yellow text.

Policy Framework

The Australian Education Act

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Policy Framework

The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Declaration

The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration sets out a vision for a world class education system that encourages and supports every student to be the very best they can be, no matter where they live or what kind of learning challenges they may face.

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Cover of a book titled '2018 Edition Australian Education Act 2013 (Australia)' published by The Law Library, featuring an Australian flag.

Research Paper

Using evidence to influence policy: Oxfam’s Experience

Evidence alone doesn't change policy—people, relationships and strategy do.

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Cover page of a report titled 'Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration, December 2019' with a colorful dot painting featuring Aboriginal art patterns and the Education Council logo
Academic article titled 'Using evidence to influence policy: Oxfam's experience' from Palgrave Communications journal, discussing evidence-based policymaking and strategies to promote research influence.
Cover page of a government report titled 'Review of Funding for Schooling,' dated December 2011, with images of children and a woman in a classroom setting.

Government Report

The Gonski Review: ‘Review of Funding for Schooling’

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Government Report

Through Growth to Achievement’ report 2018

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Research Paper

Lessons from Canada

Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor

Australia and Canada spend similar amounts on schooling, yet Canada achieves stronger outcomes with far lower levels of social segregation. This report explores what Australia can learn from one of the world's highest-performing education systems.

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Cover page of a report from the Australian Government titled 'Through Growth to Achievement,' published in March 2018, with a background design of blue, gray, and black circles of varying sizes.

Book

Waiting for Gonski

An essential review of how funding mechanisms alone fell short of addressing underlying structural inequities.

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Cover page of a report titled "Lessons from Canada: An equal school system is possible." The report is part of the Australian Learning Lecture series by all. Koshland Innovation Fund is mentioned at the bottom, with a Canadian maple leaf graphic on the lower right.
Book cover titled 'Waiting for Gonski: How Australia Failed Its Schools' by Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor. The cover features colorful, hand-drawn style text and a bright green chair on a white background.

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