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
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.
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
Alwyn Poole www.innovativeeducation.co.nz www.alwynpoole.substack.com/ As I am preparing for the privilege of being on the education panel and 2023 NZ Economics Forum, I still shake my head at where we have got to. With regards to boys’ education, three graphs are telling. Keep in
It’s an article of faith among the left that the West, especially the United States, is “institutionally racist”. This is almost a complete lie, of course: name one law or official policy that is actively racist. High rates of black incarceration don’t count: the laws are the same
Michael Cook * Full disclosure: the author is a member of Opus Dei. mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Four Corners, a flagship program on Australia’s ABC, broadcast a scathing attack on two private schools in Sydney on Monday evening. Their crime:
Danny Kingsley Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science Australian National University Unless you’ve spent your summer on a digital detox, you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT: the latest AI chatbot taking the world by storm. Recent discussion about ChatGPT has focused on the risk
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz The cabinet reshuffle was predictable. Hipkins is, so far, our very worst Minister of Education. He has appointed someone who may well be worse: Jan Tinetti. Hipkins says: “As a former school principal and education expert new education minister is uniquely placed
Blayne Haggart Associate Professor of Political Science Brock University Of all the reactions elicited by ChatGPT, the chatbot from the American for-profit company OpenAI that produces grammatically correct responses to natural-language queries, few have matched those of educators and academics. Academic publishers have moved to ban ChatGPT from
