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Improving teacher quality key to lifting student performance

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The new OECD report showing Australia’s educational performance is slipping has gained a lot of media attention this morning (e.g. Queensland students lag behind national average in maths, science and literacy) and should inspire policy makers to push for further … Continue reading →

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OECD forecasts Australian unemployment rate to remain relatively low

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Gene Tunny

The OECD has released its Employment Outlook 2013, which contains a forecast of a stable, relatively low unemployment rate for Australia at 5.5 per cent and a grim forecast of persistent, high unemployment in the Euro area of over 12 … Continue reading →

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Weird OECD create your own economy competition

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Gene Tunny

In principle, I think it’s a good idea that the OECD is reaching out to young people to get them interested in economic policy issues, but this video competition strikes me as weird: Think differently: How would you shape tomorrow’s … Continue reading →

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