NZ Mum on Sex Education Concerns
Parent opt-out ignored. Has this teacher broken the law? What are the repercussions? And will the recent Education and Training Act Amendment change anything?
Education
Stanford Does a Reverse Ferret
And redeems herself. The furore over Treaty flip-flop boosts her credentials.
We Must Refocus Our Education on Learning
By elevating symbolism over academic outcomes, NZ’s education system has drifted from its core mission – teaching children well. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, was never intended to dictate school governance or curriculum, making its use in education policy historically misplaced.
The Heretics in the Temple of Education
New Zealand’s education establishment is fighting because these reforms expose that their romantic ideology – the idea that kids learn naturally without explicit teaching – has systematically failed. And the ones who paid were the children who needed school most.
From the MP Who Ignored Erica Stanford
The inadequacies of our education system are illustrated by our rapidly falling educational results. Zealots like Willow Jean would be quite happy for that deterioration to continue.
It’s Long Past Time to Bulldoze Them All
The Australian university sector is inimical in almost every way to the nation’s interests.
Principals Whinge About Curriculum Changes While Ignoring Epic Education Failures
If teachers churned out these pitiful results in the private sector, they wouldn’t be complaining about changes. They’d be shown the door – fired on the spot. No golden parachutes and no endless consultations. Just accountability.
The Fish-Hooks With the Charter School Announcements
The Wellington Phoenix school and the Sisters United Academy must accept applications from all students/families and cannot add any criteria.
Failing Upwards: The Incentives of Teachers’ Unions
Teachers unions reward failure because their incentives are upside down. It’s time to defund unaccountable union bosses and fund students instead.
These Courses Should Be Optional
Why would you take this highly controversial material and insist on making it compulsory for everyone? The university has done the right thing.
Teachers Must Get Back in the Classroom
As the left and media wage war against this government and parents and students lose faith.
The Kids Can’t Focus
Screens may seem to be the simple answer, but nothing about society is set up to support deep work or sustained attention.
Shining Light on Grooming in Tas Schools
Why are they so determined to keep their little secret?
Why Teachers’ Unions Should Stay Out of Foreign Politics
New Zealand’s classrooms are not political battlegrounds. They are places for learning.
Public Sector Strikers Throw a Massive Hissy Fit Despite Ministerial Pleas
Many New Zealanders who earn far less may see the strikes as self-serving rather than justified, reducing the unions’ moral leverage.