Rethinking collaborative federalism in Australian schooling policy

澳大利亚联邦的学校管理正处于变化之中，并正在经历重大争论，人们提出了一些严重的问题，即国家政策安排是否符合目的，决策过程是否实现了合作联邦制的政策愿望。本项目旨在通过关注与新的2023年后国家学校改革协议制定相关的过程，研究澳大利亚政府如何参与合作学校改革。这项研究将参与“实时”政策分析，与政策利益相关者合作，检查以新协议为中心的合作过程，并考虑如何改进未来的国家决策过程。

The governance of schooling in the Australian federation is in flux and undergoing significant contestation, with serious questions being asked about whether national policy arrangements are fit for purpose and decision-making processes are achieving the policy aspirations of collaborative federalism. This project aims to examine how Australian governments engage in collaborative schooling reform by focussing on processes associated with the formulation of the new post-2023 National School Reform Agreement. The research will engage in ‘real time’ policy analysis, engaging with policy stakeholders to examine collaborative processes centred on the new agreement, and to consider how to improve future national decision-making processes.