Dr Poulomee Datta is a senior lecturer at Macquarie University's School of Education, with a special interest in direct/explicit instruction and education access for students of all ability levels. Campus Review reached out to Datta to discover what she thought about the latest parliamentary inquiry into the state of NSW education, which was chaired by Mark Latham.

As she mentions in the podcast, Datta believes NSW's performance in tests such as PISA and NAPLAN are rightly concerning and solutions must be canvassed to at least slow down or reverse the decline. Based on a strong corpus of research evidence, Datta also supports the mandatory adoption of direct/explicit instruction in NSW schools, although cautions that some activities may require a different pedagogical approach.

The Macquarie University academic also believes a school inspector should be able to enter classroom without notice, provided their "temperament" is right and they are offering "constructive feedback". She also believes the school inspector strategy should be more varied, with the opportunity to give schools one day's notice, and so on.