SA Department of Education and Child Development

SA’s child protection royal commission has identified a host of problems, including a lack of strategy, under-investment in staff capacity and red tape. It’s a system in crisis, with few resources for prevention and early intervention.

SA BUDGET: Public servants in SA will see their wages rise more slowly over the next few years as the government introduces a wage cap of 1.5%. Plus funding following the child protection royal commission.

Researchers already know that some of the most popular schooling policies don’t work, or have very little impact for high cost. Evidence for Learning hopes to rectify our current gaps of what works in Australian schooling.