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Progress on the Demolition of RSE

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com If you spoke up against the Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum over the past 12 months – then all we can say is – thank you! You have been heard. There has been huge progress. But we must remain vigilant. Here’s an update on the progress – including

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The Most Vital Thing About Bringing back Charter Schools

The Most Vital Thing About Bringing back Charter Schools

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.

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True or False?

Hendrik van der Breggen Hendrik van der Breggen, PhD, is a retired philosophy professor (formerly at Providence University College, Manitoba, Canada) and author of the recent book Untangling Popular Anti-Israel Arguments: Critical Thinking about the Israel-Hamas War. A PDF is available for free at his blog APOLOGIA or the paperback

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What the Statistics Don’t Tell Us

Tani Newton I’ve been writing about the declining fertility of much of the world and our prospects for the future when population decline sets in. It makes me want to ask what the alternative to this grim fate is. Could it be possible to change it? Research looking at

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How Can We Trust the Science?

How Can We Trust the Science?

There’s a deep crisis crippling science. Just don’t ask the Science Bros and IFLScience normies about it, because their grasp of actual science rarely goes beyond witless internet memes. These are the people who think Neil deGrasse Tyson is a great scientist. Behind the public facade of ‘Trust

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Raising Free Thinkers: The Case for Homeschooling

Warren Wang Warren escaped Communist China a decade ago to pursue education in Australia. Now a finance businessman, he passionately defends libertarian freedoms. Vigorously opposing COVID lockdowns and mandates, Warren champions traditional Western liberties, hoping Australia avoids becoming the repressive nation he left behind. libertyitch.com Two months ago I

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Hope for School Kids and Our Future

The Teaching Council wants to overhaul how teachers are taught and have higher entry requirements for the profession. Teaching Council chief executive Lesley Hoskin has warned the “radical system changes” will cost and the government will need to make the “necessary financial commitment”. “The council believes teachers, both new and

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The Most Important Trait for Yale’s Next President: Courage

Tyler Godoff realclearwire.com Tyler Godoff is a 2016 graduate of the Yale School of Management, a general partner at Emerging Founder, and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. On August 31, 2023, Yale’s 23rd president, Peter Salovey, announced he would be stepping down. Since this

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I’m Telling You, Bulldoze the Unis

As Thomas Sowell has noted, one of the most destablising forces a society can ever endure is the emergence of a large class of university-educated “intellectuals” solely based in the Humanities. This is not to say, of course, that the Humanities are inherently to blame. After all, Sowell himself is

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Why I’m Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale

Katrina Lantos Swett realclearwire.com I graduated from Yale University in 1974. As a first-generation American, the child of Holocaust survivors, and among the first women admitted to this incredible school, it is hard to adequately express how grateful I was for this opportunity. I have enjoyed returning to campus

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor This week I attended my offspring’s graduation in Wellington. I sat through one of Victoria University’s 3-hour-long ceremonies. It should have been about the kids graduating, but the first 30–40 minutes were dedicated to honouring the recently retired State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes. He was

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You Need to Question Them All

You Need to Question Them All

Thi Thuy Van Dinh Dr Thi Thuy Van Dinh (LLM, PhD) worked on international law in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Subsequently, she managed multilateral organization partnerships for Intellectual Ventures Global Good Fund and led environmental health

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How to Root Out Antisemitism at Unis

How to Root Out Antisemitism at Unis

Emilie Kao Emilie Kao is senior counsel and vice president of advocacy strategy with Alliance Defending Freedom. realclearwire.com What would cause a professor to risk losing lifetime tenure? At UNC-Chapel Hill, professors are risking their jobs by threatening to withhold grades until the school ends the suspensions of anti-Israel

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The Huge Potential Benefits of Charter Schools

The Huge Potential Benefits of Charter Schools

Alwyn Poole Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.com (In

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A Third Medical School in New Zealand?

Dr Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz It’s becoming a classic case study for why lobbying deals with politicians need greater scrutiny. Former National Minister Steven Joyce runs a lobbying company

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