
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now
REPORTby John Daley, Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Stephen Duckett, Julie Sonnemann, Marion Terrill and Tony Wood
To help Australia recover from the COVID-19 recession, the Government should inject $70 billion to $90 billion in extra economic stimulus, including revamping and extending JobKeeper.
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School Education Program Director
Jordana HunterJordana has an extensive background in public policy design and implementation, with expertise in school education reform as well as economics policy. She has co-authored a number of Grattan reports on school education focusing on education strategy and teacher professional learning. Her particular research interests are in approaches to designing government policies to support quality teaching and evidence-based literacy and numeracy instruction.
Prior to joining the Grattan Institute, she held various policy roles in the Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. She has also consulted to Australian school systems, education service providers and individual schools.
Jordana is currently completing a PhD in education system reform at the University of Melbourne and has presented her academic research at several international conferences. She also has an honours degree in Law and Commerce (Economics) from the University of Melbourne.
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School Education Fellow
Julie SonnemannJulie has significant experience in education policy and system design, and has co-authored several high profile reports on effective teaching, professional learning, equity and funding. She has over ten years of experience in school education policy, working within government, consulting and research organisations.
She has studied high performing school systems in East Asia and North America, and consulted to the Australian government, the OECD Education Directorate and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Julie began her career at the Prime Minister’s Department and is an economist by training. She has a B Com (honours economics) and Master of Public Policy from The University of Melbourne.
Reports
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28 June 2020
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now -
14 June 2020
COVID catch-up: helping disadvantaged students close the equity gap -
9 February 2020
Top teachers: sharing expertise to improve teaching -
25 August 2019
Attracting high achievers to teaching -
16 April 2019
Commonwealth Orange Book 2019: Policy priorities for the federal government
News & Opinion
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24 February 2021
Why teachers need better pay and career paths -
25 January 2021
What parents need to know about tutoring programs for struggling students -
16 December 2020
Post-lockdown tutoring is a win for students — but one more step is needed -
13 October 2020
Money for tutors: why other states should follow Victoria’s lead -
25 August 2020
3 questions for the Education Minister about remote schooling
Podcasts
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30 June 2020
School education in the age of COVID-19 – Webinar recording -
15 June 2020
COVID catch-up: helping disadvantaged students close the equity gap – Podcast -
30 March 2020
COVID-19: the challenges of online schooling -
10 February 2020
Top teachers: sharing expertise to improve teaching
Submissions
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17 June 2019
How to improve NAPLAN -
30 April 2019
Raising the status of teaching -
8 February 2018
The shocking truth about Australia’s efforts to ‘close the gap’
Presentations
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27 June 2018
Why an adaptive education system relies on our most expert teachers -
23 May 2018
Why an adaptive education system would improve school outcomes -
21 March 2018
Using data to adapt and improve teaching practice
Events
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28 September 2020
Schools and equity: helping disadvantaged students catch-up after lockdowns -
16 June 2020
International Webinar Event – School education in the age of COVID-19 -
25 February 2020
Creating an expert teacher career path to improve teaching – Sydney -
17 April 2019
Federal Election 2019: Big ideas for Australia’s next government – Melbourne -
03 April 2019
Building teacher expertise in NSW schools – Sydney