Kirsten Storry
Publications by Author
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BOOK REVIEW: Divided Nation? Indigenous Affairs and the Imagined Public
| 12 Dec 2007 | POLICY MagazineDivided Nation? Indigenous Affairs and The Imagined Public by Kirsten Storry (Melbourne University Press, 2007).
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BOOK REVIEW: Bad Dreaming: Aboriginal Men's Violence Against Women and Children
| 06 Jun 2007 | POLICY MagazineBad Dreaming: Aboriginal Men's Violence Against Women and Children by Louis Nowra (Pluto Press, 2007).
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What Is Working in Good Schools in Remote Indigenous Communities?
| 04 Apr 2007 | Issue AnalysisSchool‑side and community‑side interventions with which good schools are trying to break the cycle of low attendance,... Read More...
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BOOK REVIEW: Aboriginal Affairs 1967-2005: Seeking a Solution
| 03 Mar 2007 | POLICY MagazineAboriginal Affairs 1967-2005: Seeking a Solution by Max Griffiths (Rosenberg Press, 2006).
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Tackling Literacy in Remote Aboriginal Communities
| 31 Aug 2006 | Issue AnalysisLiteracy rates among children and adults in remote Aboriginal communities are appallingly low, and cannot be reversed without... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary by Author
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Effective teachers where they are needed most
| 25 Feb 2008 | Online OpinionThe central and essential part of an education revolution will not be laptop computers for every child. It will be effective... Read More
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How can we move forward?
| 27 Dec 2007It should go without saying that ten year old child cannot consent to sex. Sex with a ten year old child is a crime and few... Read More
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Boost pay to keep teachers
| 03 Oct 2007 | The Courier MailThere is "a long tail of under-achievement" among disadvantaged school children, according to a recent Commonwealth Senate... Read More
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Breaking the cycle
| 10 Aug 2007 | The PressAre Australians racist? This is the question that New Zealanders were asking last month after the Australian Government sent... Read More
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Broader scope in NT for schools
| 24 Jul 2007 | The Canberra TimesForcing students to attend school, without addressing the issues of education supply in remote community schools, will not... Read More
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Teachers key to remote schools
| 18 Jun 2007 | The AustralianIn Aurukun on Queensland's Cape York, the school leadership refuses to accept that the complexity of the issues facing the... Read More
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Excuses fail our neediest students
| 04 Apr 2007 | The AustralianIn remote community schools, children often miss one or two days of school a week. Most cannot do maths or read at their... Read More
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English literacy in remote indigenous communities
| 07 Dec 2006 | ABC Radio NationalIn early November, Secretary to the Treasury Ken Henry said that Australia will not have managed its current prosperity well... Read More

