The Media Centre for Education Research Australia (MCERA) is a not-for-profit independent organisation advancing education by improving the reporting of education research in the media to enable the public to better understand education matters. We provide journalists and other users with authoritative, independent and accessible insights from education research. MCERA: - saves the media time by providing a single point of access to a wide range of research expertise - promotes well-informed education news by offering access to experts and evidence - makes research findings more accessible and media friendly - raises the quality and availability of evidence that decision-makers, teachers and the public receive through the media - assists the media to disseminate research-based stories that contribute to public debate on matters that are important to education - supports educational researchers to more effectively engage with the media. Contact us at info@mcera.org.au * * MCERA thanks its sponsors, particularly its Platinum sponsors: PLATINUM: University of South Australia Monash University Flinders University Nexia Edwards Marshall South Australian Department for Education GOLD: UNSW Sydney Taylor & Francis Group Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Western Sydney University University of Sydney Norman Waterhouse Lawyers SILVER Springer Deakin University Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Nayda Associate Consulting New South Wales Council of Deans of Education (NSWCDE) The University of Newcastle Macquarie University