Do Come to the Prizegiving
Is it fair, or even reasonable, to think that yours are more ‘clever’? All you’re really boasting about is the social status that you brought into the situation with you.
Education
One Law for All
Stand for a New Zealand where every child gets the education they deserve.
How This Avalanche Is Threatening Scientific Research
Flawed and fake papers continue to be published. It can take years for journals to retract junk science articles after they have been flagged as suspicious, and by then it’s often too late.
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?
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.
