Core Issues
The 'Core Issues' series is a set of short, topic-based papers intended to provide key directions for practical action to improve outcomes for Indigenous students.
Core Issues 1: Setting Up For Success (1,374 kb)
Assists schools in shaping structures to maximise success for Indigenous students.
Core Issues 2: Reducing Suspensions (223 kb)
Looks at positive alternatives to student suspension, and their implementation.
Core Issues 3: Literacy (167 kb)
Explores questions about what it means to develop genuinely effective literacy.
Core Issues 4: Numeracy (298 kb)
Tackles important questions about the meaning and importance of numeracy.
Core Issues 6: Boarding (181 kb)
Looks at current practice in this small but growing area of Indigenous education.
Core Issues 8: Education and Student Health (1,498 kb)
Looks at some of the health issues affecting Indigenous students and the part schools and teachers can play in dealing with them.
Core Issues 9: Using Data (987 kb)
Assists schools in using evidence to take action to improve student outcomes.
Core Issues 10: Using Personalised Learning Plans (903 kb)
Assists schools in using personalised learning plans (PLPs) to improve student outcomes.
Core Issues 11: Principals as Leaders in Literacy (767 kb)
Looks at ways in which school leaders can guide their students’ literacy learning.
Core Issues 12: Improved Transition, Improved Outcomes (1,393 kb)
Provides a general framework for schools to enhance the effectiveness of student transitions.
