Christopher Luxon National Party Leader Student achievement has significantly declined over the past three decades, jeopardising kids’ future livelihoods and threatening New Zealand’s future prosperity. To turn around this falling achievement, students need to focus on their schoolwork during their precious classroom time. Many schools and parents are concerned
Tracy Clelland Lecturer in Health Education University of Canterbury Relationship and sexuality education has, yet again, become a political talking point ahead of this year’s election. National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis recently told a public meeting that sex education was a job for her and her husband, “based
As I recently asked, how long before it’s illegal to be Christian in Australia? Here in Tasmania in particular, orthodox Christian teaching is being increasingly circumscribed by a vindictively litigious rainbow lobby. Whatever the Bible says, the permanently peeved pooverati are determined to ban it. Among recent incidents, a
Dr Melissa Derby Senior Lecturer at The University of Waikato commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room What is the purpose of education? It’s a question we should be seriously asking in New Zealand. Recent reports about the dire state of our literacy and numeracy
Vanessa Cobham Julie Hodges The University of Queensland theconversation.com Going to school can be challenging for children and young people at times. Most young people will have patches during their school career where it feels hard. That’s normal. Getting through those hard times can bring with it sense
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com “The bedrock of any successful
Harry Palmer I was born in 1944 in Manchester, UK, four years before the introduction of the National Health Service. At the age of two or three, I entered into a relationship with the medical profession when I was taken to a doctor’s surgery by my mother. Though no
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there will be any fruit. But that
A nurse rose as they entered and came to attention before the Director. “What’s the lesson this afternoon?” he asked. “We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes,” she answered. “But now it’s switched over to Elementary Class Consciousness.” Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World” The groomer left
Kerry McDonald Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and host of the weekly LiberatED podcast. She is also the author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019), an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, education policy fellow at State Policy
The tragic event that took place in the Auckland CBD on Thursday morning was a stark reminder that new approaches are needed to stem the rise in serious crime in this country. Not just crime committed by adults, but also by school-age children. Obviously any new ideas cannot be a
Greg Dawes commonroomnz.com Greg Dawes has published extensively on relations between science and religion. He teaches philosophy at the University of Otago. This article was first published on The Common Room As a philosopher, I’ve been following closely the debate regarding the ‘refreshed’ science curriculum in New Zealand
It’s funny, how choosey the left can be when it comes to statistics. When it suits them, they’ll bellow and shriek about a disproportionate statistic relating to their chosen victim groups. Especially when it suits their narrative about supposed “racism”. Other statistics that show the same groups in
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com The other day when I opened a campaign letter from Chris Hipkins containing a spelling mistake and a considerable amount of gobbledegook, I couldn’t help thinking back to Peter Fraser, Labour’s greatest leader. He was also the Minister of Education. I published a biography
Kelli Ballard National Correspondent at LibertyNation.com. Kelli Ballard is an author, editor, and publisher. Her writing interests span many genres including a former crime/government reporter, fiction novelist, and playwright. Originally a Central California girl, Kelli now resides in the Seattle area. libertynation.com What is causing the teacher
