Eunice Gaerlan Auckland University of Technology theconversation.com The National Party’s promised ban on cellphones in schools has been touted by leader Christopher Luxon as a “common sense” and “practical” way to address New Zealand’s poor academic achievement. And his claim that “phones are a massive disturbance and
We hardly need any more evidence that the pandemic policies of Western governments were a brutal failure, yet, the evidence just keeps mounting. Whether it’s the sheer, fascist-lite brutality of the political-bureaucratic class, with their lockdowns and mandates, or the lasting damage to wider public health which was easily
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.
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 In
Armando Simón Armando Simón is a retired psychologist, originally from Cuba, and author of The U, Fables From the Americas and A Prison Mosaic. brownstone.org Today’s toxic state in society is a cornucopia for psychologists. For example, victimhood has become a status symbol in society to the point
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
