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
As readers will be more than aware, I’m resolutely not a fan of the Albanese government. That said, to damn them with faint praise, they are at least doing – or trying to do – one thing right. Ironically, that one thing is trying to fix decades of bad policy inflicted
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.com I
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Helen Houghton Leader, New Conservative Each school develops and implements a curriculum in accordance with the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum. Over the past few years the curriculum has been alarmingly politicised with “woke” ideology embedded through both curriculum and teacher training. The language used in media reporting over
Agnes Loheni Entrepreneur, Qualified Chemical Engineer, Mum of 5, and Former MP commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room I grew up fortunate, in stark contrast to many of my immigrant and second generation Samoan community today. Growing up, no one told me that the system
Having a late read of the July 2nd Sunday Star Times, I came across an article written by a young lady by the name of Gabrielle McCullough. I’ll refrain from calling her a journalist in the true sense of the word as reflective of the so-called profession she is
Karl du Fresne Karl du Fresne blogs here bassettbrashandhide.com There’s a simple step that would ease the financial crisis in the universities while at the same time saving millions and going a long way toward neutralising a key source of the divisive culture wars. All that’s necessary
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole f ounded 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.com
The dumbing down of education continues unabated. Secondary Chemistry Educators New Zealand co-chairperson Murray Thompson was so shocked after he read the draft school science curriculum that he was left asking where the science was. Science teachers are shocked that an advance version of the draft school science curriculum contains
