Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Thomas Sowell, the renowned American author, economist, and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, could have been describing New Zealand when he wrote, “Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination”. While
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
It’s a time-honoured tradition for oldies to look down on the Yoof of Today, but it’s rarely anything more than geriatric grousing. Most recently, it’s been the fashion for elderly Boomers to sneer at the “snowflake generation”, and especially their ovine obedience to “progressive” nostrums about everything,
In his excellent book Tombstone, Yang Jisheng relates what it was like to actually live through the monstrous crime of the Great Leap Forward. As an estimated 40 million of their fellow citizens starved to death, most Chinese had no idea it was even happening. How did the Mao regime
Mike Butler In a new book titled New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination? educator Roger Childs eviscerates what he calls “a deliberate, pre-meditated attempt at social engineering”. The push for a compulsory anti-colonist curriculum started in 2014 when pupils from Otorohanga College on a field trip were told
When he isn’t shilling for the divisive, dangerous “Voice” referendum, Noel Pearson occasionally has some decent ideas. The “Voice” will make not a jot of practical difference to the deplorable state of Aboriginal Australian women and children, while fundamentally dividing the country on racial lines. But there are some
Matt Philbin newsbusters.org Managing Editor for MRC Culture Well, meet Peter Schafer, superintendent and chief groomer of Abington, Massachusetts, Public Schools. (Oh, we’re not supposed to say “groomer?” How about “sexualizer?” “Perversion facilitator?” I know: “smut contextualizer.”) Schafer is all about context. That’s why he read the
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This column was first published at The Common Room, commonroomnz.com Even if Chris Hipkins is no longer the Prime Minister after October’s election, his legacy will be locked
If you want to know what the left are really up to, just listen to whatever they’re accusing anyone else of the loudest. Violent extremism? Look at any random left-wing mass rally, especially involving Antifa or BLM (whose months of riots remain the costliest civil unrest in US history)
Alwyn Poole innovativeeducation.co.nz alwynpoole.substack.com 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
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com I’ve just read a book entitled New Zealand’s History Curriculum: Education or Indoctrination? It makes it clear that Goebbels would have been proud of the new curriculum! When the Government decided that New Zealand school children should learn something of our history, I was
Jeff Charles libertynation.com Socio-political correspondent at LibertyNation.com. A self-confessed news and political junkie, Jeff’s writing has been featured in NewsweekOpinion, and Red State. He hosts A Fresh Perspective podcast and has appeared as a guest on Fox News, Fox Soul and The Hill’s Rising. When he
Alwyn Poole www.innovativeeducation.co.nz www.alwynpoole.substack.com/ The Minister of Education (Hipkins) who drove attendance in NZ off the cliff was planning to make a big ANNOUNCEMENT this week on how to cure the disease he has significant responsibility for causing. The announcement has been delayed. From
Peter Jacobsen mercatornet.com Peter Jacobsen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ottawa University and the Gwartney Professor of Economic Education and Research at the Gwartney Institute. He received his PhD in economics from George Mason University, and obtained his BS from Southeast Missouri State University. His research interest
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
Professor Elizabeth Rata bassettbrashandhide.com Dear Prime Minister Hipkins, We, the undersigned, draw your attention to two major problems in the Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Refresh policy and in the associated NCEA qualification reforms. These problems were created during your tenure as Minister of Education and can only be
