Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz One of the very good things happening in NZ society at present is that Kiwis are becoming more aware of the state of our Education system and the need to improve things. Next year a part of each school’s funding is
FreeNZ Contributor freenz.substack.com I feel the eyes peering at me sideways. Palms move in front of hissing toxic mouths. Cruel smirks. People savouring the gossip. I walk into the staff office and see incriminating eyes on me. The chatter halts mid-flow. What had I done? Nothing, except
Is it time to bulldoze the universities? I’ve said it before, half-joking — but every time I repeat it, I’m joking less and less. It’s becoming all too plain that the intellectual and ideological rot in our universities is so far gone that they’re beyond repair.
Far from bastions of free inquiry, universities today have mostly turned into inquisitorial dungeons of rigid groupthink. Surveys of US universities show that their faculties are uniformly dominated by the left — in some fields, almost completely. That dominance often shows through as a sort of ideologically-driven vindictiveness that would
Eric Hussey brownstone.org President of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (an educational foundation), chair of the organizing committee for the International Congress of Behavioral Optometry 2024, chair of the Northwest Congress of Optometry, all under the umbrella of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation. Member of the American Optometric Association
Alwyn Poole 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 for Years 1-
When you hear the word paedophile, what picture pops into your head? It is a creepy middle-aged man, wasn’t it? Probably a priest, too. It almost certainly isn’t a nice female teacher in her 30s. But in a growing number of cases – an “epidemic”, according to some
Connor Vasile mercatornet.com Connor Vasile is a first-generation American and writer who wishes to raise awareness about classical liberal ideas which empower every individual, no matter their background or experience, to live their best lives and fulfill their goals. In early October, my alma mater made headlines after
I won’t name names, but for many years the local football was on a years-long losing streak. Their response was to repeatedly sack coaches after a season while keeping the same roster of players. When I raised this over a beer or two, a friend responded, “Cos it’
It’s official: women are too dumb to make it into “hard” subjects unless we lower the bar for them. That’s the tacit implication of a gushing Sydney Morning Herald piece about a Sydney university and its Very Special Program for women who didn’t do well enough in
A staff member at prestigious Wellington school Scots College has been arrested and appeared in Wellington District Court on Thursday morning charged with assault. The saga at the school has been ongoing since May with the staff member suspended on full pay since the time of the complaint, pending the
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
“Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man,” said Aristotle. “Give us your children now, and don’t expect them back,” say America’s public schools. Which may be why growing numbers of Americans are choosing not to hand their kids over to
Titus Gebel mises.org Titus Gebel is founder, President, and CEO of Free Private Cities, Inc. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law, and is the author of Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You. The battle for political supremacy in the West has been
I am truly concerned about the rubbish and nonsense our kids and grandkids are being taught or brainwashed regarding global climate change at school. The schoolteachers are without a doubt completely irresponsible as they continue with their plan to promote the green’s unforgivable lie and at the same time
Is it time to reset the clock again? Yet another American public school has been caught out, foisting yet another far-left activist on its kids. It sure sounds like yet another sally in the Long March through the Institutions. An Ohio superintendent defended a decision to bring a self-
