Now We Really Should Bulldoze the Universities
Fostering the bile of anti-Semitism is the last straw.
Education
A Response to Jack McDonald
New Zealanders aren’t going backwards. They’re rejecting the idea that national identity and public policy must be filtered through a single ideological lens. They want a government that governs for everyone – not just for the loudest or most organised voices.
A Discussion on the Irony of Relativism
Science embraces uncertainty. Scientists formulate theories to explain natural phenomena based on the available evidence. But they do not expect those theories to stand for all time.
The Open Mind and the Closed University
Salmond calls for open minds. On this point she is right. But an open mind is not one that refuses to evaluate claims. It is one that is willing to have its own claims evaluated. It is not one that protects ideas from criticism, but one that welcomes criticism as the price of progress.
What Broke the Science?
Reforming this system requires more than ideological shifts or incremental adjustments. The policies governing scientific institutions must be restructured so they are not beholden to an administrative class.
The Damage to NZ Students
Dr Oliver Hartwich of the NZ Initiative previously asserted that the solution to the issues created by NZ’s Ministry of Education involved a truckload of TNT. They haven’t changed under the new government.
Progressives Declare a New Pandemic
A new ‘disease’ is allegedly sweeping the nation – but you don’t catch it quite like Covid.
Seymour Blasts Principal for Media Blitz
Seymour said the outcome was “always the likely outcome” and criticised media outlets that accepted early accusations from the school before any evidence had been examined.
NZ Must Stop Supporting These Textbooks
Imagine a school system funded by New Zealand whose textbooks glorified killing Māori, or demonised Pasifika, or taught that Muslims were inherently evil. There would be immediate, universal condemnation. So why is the response so muted when the hatred is directed at Jews?
More on Prize Givings and Education
A prize for learning to be a conformist, agreeing with things that you know are not true… Really?
Can’t Read, Can’t Think, Can’t Do Maths
More and more college STEM students are needing remedial maths.
Letter to the Roseneath School Board
Response to your letter regarding upholding te Tiriti.
The Best Education News in Years and the Media Buries It
Warning: This is a very frustrated and ranty article!
How Uni Admissions Are Now Socially Engineered
Our middle son has recently filled in his UCAS form, and only after he sent it off did we realise he hadn’t properly gamed the system. Damn. He’ll have to get by on talent alone.
This Is a University Challenge
Cremin must have faced hundreds of students. How many of them will have been infected with the woke mind virus courtesy of his instruction? How many will have gone on to employment in HR departments, social work, media, education or the public service, taking their destructive views with them?