Research Fellow, Grattan Institute
Julie has significant experience in school education policy and system change. She has co-authored a number of high profile schooling reports on effective teaching, professional learning, student progress, schools funding and equity.
She has studied high performing education systems including Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Canada. She has consulted to Australian state governments as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and NCEE in the US.
Julie is an economist by training, with a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Melbourne. She has worked in strategic policy at both federal and state levels.
Dec 04, 2019 11:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
The latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results show a long-term decline in reading, maths and science skills for Australian students. In 2018, Australian 15 years olds performed more than...
Three charts on teachers' pay in Australia: it starts out OK, but goes downhill pretty quickly
Sep 02, 2019 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Depending on who you ask, our teachers are either some of the best paid in the world, or theyre underpaid. Here are the facts: Australian teachers get a very decent starting salary, but their pay quickly falls behind...
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