The Mitchell Institute monitors the performance of Australia's education system, with a specific focus on developing and advocating for policies that reduce inequality.

Our work identifies who is experiencing reduced opportunities in education, the factors driving inequality and the policy solutions that will provide greater opportunities for all young people to succeed in education and their life beyond.

Key contacts

Peter Hurley
Director, Mitchell Institute
News

Governments risk failing youngest Australians

20 April 2016

Early childhood is one of the most important but also most at-risk areas in Australian education, according to a new report by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University.

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Report

Quality early education for all

20 April 2016

Early education is one of the most significant investments in education and productivity that governments make, but current settings aren't meeting the needs of the children who stand to benefit most.

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Opinion

If not Gonski funding, then what?

11 April 2016

Gearing up for an election battle over education, Labor’s policy pledges a substantial lift in funding through the final two years of Gonski.

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Report

VET funding in Australia: Background, trends & future directions

16 March 2016

The VET system in Australia plays a critical role in developing skills for the Australian workforce.

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Opinion

How our youngest school kids are faring & what needs to change

10 March 2016

Australia’s most important information on early childhood development, the 2015 AEDC National Report, revealed that around 60,000 children are developmentally vulnerable in their first year of school.

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Opinion

How well are schools incorporating capabilities into the curriculum?

15 February 2016

Mitchell's international adviser Professor Bill Lucas, writes capabilities are the new currency for success in life and that curriculum bodies are starting to reflect this change.

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Opinion

VET funding can't be fixed by sidelining TAFE

8 February 2016

A leaked draft paper prepared by the federal government for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) proposes that the Commonwealth assume responsibility for funding Australia’s VET system.

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Opinion

Labor's education pitch is safe, but short-sighted

1 February 2016

Labor's new education policy would provide funding certainty for the Gonski reforms and has laudable aims but, Megan O'Connell writes, it would not produce the learners we need for our future prosperity.

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Opinion

Pathways needed for all young people – not just university entrants

21 January 2016

The Mitchell Institute’s recently released report on educational opportunity discusses the number of young people missing out on education and training.

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