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This commissioned report provides an overview of the evidence underpinning a knowledge-rich curriculum and outlines the key design features and enablers to effectively enact a knowledge-rich curriculum in schools.

This explainer provides an introduction to the role of knowledge in learning, implications for effective teaching, and describes how building background knowledge facilitates higher-order thinking and learning outcomes.

This explainer gives a brief introduction to cognitive load, focusing on ways to manage it for effective and efficient learning.

A project to provide practical guidance for school leaders to improve student learning outcomes through effective school strategic plans

This practice guide is the first in a series of 4 on developing and applying effective strategic plans and provides practical steps for setting goals and targets for student learning.

This practice guide is the second in a series of 4 on developing and applying effective strategic plans and provides practical steps for prioritising approaches to achieve each goal.

School strategic plans are multi-year and annual plans produced through regular school review cycles to communicate a school’s intentions for improvement. AERO conducted a literature review to understand the features of effective school strategic plans.

This practice guide is the third in a series of 4 and focuses on selecting practices to deliver improvement.

This practice guide is the fourth and final in the series and focuses on evaluating the processes and outcomes in the strategic plan.

AERO is collaborating with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) to examine readiness for change.

This article explores some of the factors shown to impact school staff’s readiness for change and recommends 4 promising approaches.