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NZ Academia Is a Global Joke

NZ Academia Is a Global Joke

As the Labour government promises to throw yet more buckets of cash at New Zealand’s failing universities, no one appears to be giving much thought to whether or not it would be better to simply let them fail. Or, failing that, actively putting them out of their misery. Because

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Who Cares If NZ’s Unis Fail?

Who Cares If NZ’s Unis Fail?

If there’s one positive thing you can say about the Labour government, it’s that they look after their own. Whether it’s Mahuta Inc, grants to gangs or plunging tens of millions into the failing legacy media. Now, Labour is poised to throw money at another pack of

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The Times They Are A-Changing

I enjoyed my time at university. It was definitely a time to develop my skills and grow. It helped me to strengthen my critical thinking, as well as the ability to research and analyse information. Of course, university did not turn me into a woke social justice warrior who changes

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How a Student (Any Age and Any Subject) Can Get 100%

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.

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The Mental Health of Our Children and Young People

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.

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The Dumbing Down of Intellect

The Dumbing Down of Intellect

Robert E Wright Robert E Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the (co)author or (co)editor of over two dozen major books, book series, and edited collections, including AIER’s The Best of Thomas Paine (2021) and Financial Exclusion (2019)

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Activism Is Taking Over the Classroom

Tony Kinnett Tony Kinnett is an investigative columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com As America’s public education system reports the worst literacy and math performance in decades, its schools dedicate increasingly immense portions of their time

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Humanity Is Now on the Block

Wera Sager When I studied German at Otago University, I was straight out of school with little life experience. It’s been said that children in a classroom may not remember much about their lessons, but they do remember how they felt. I clearly remember the warmth, tone, and cadence

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Should We Have Two Types of Degree?

Should We Have Two Types of Degree?

Ananish Chaudhuri Ananish is a Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and has served as the Chair of the Department of Economics at Auckland from 2013 till 2019. University of Auckland theconversation.com As recent headlines have made clear, New Zealand universities are in an existential crisis

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NZ Schools Need to Provide High Quality Science Education

NZ Schools Need to Provide High Quality Science Education

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.

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The Long Cost of the Moloch Option

The Long Cost of the Moloch Option

As I wrote early in the pandemic, governments like New Zealand were choosing the “Moloch Option”: adults sacrificing children to their big bogeyman, in order to spare themselves. Two years later, the children are still paying the price, and the adults are still lying: blaming the Covid Monster instead of

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Some Schools Are Allowing Children to What?

Some Schools Are Allowing Children to What?

Michael My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled “End Times” is now available on Amazon.com.  In addition to my new book I have written six other books that are available on Amazon.com including “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning

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The Importance of Feedback in Learning

The Importance of Feedback in Learning

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 Superb

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Harnessing the Power of Yet

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 Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.

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The Groomer in the Classroom

The Groomer in the Classroom

What would you call an adult who secretly hands pubescent children material instructing them not only in a range of sexual practices, but how to access adult hook-up websites? You’d call them, at the very least, a creep, if not an outright predator. Yet, the left media want

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