Principals warn the election of school trustees with conspiracy-driven views will be devastating for schools. RNZ Questioning the effectiveness and safety of vaccines makes you a conspiracy theorist according to this RNZ article. The article smears by association by using Philip Arps as an example of a typical conspiracy theory-prone
Alwyn Poole innovativeeducation.co.nz mthobson.school.nz alwynpoole.substack.com/ I have just finished a data process on the leavers of every high school in NZ from 2021. The NZ psyche is that if you are from a poor home you are screwed. Not even close. For upper-level achievement,
As exposed by City Journal’s Christopher Rufo (See the BFD), the public school system in Oregon in the USA is pushing a radical queer theory indoctrination on children from kindergarten on. This should be no surprise to BFD readers. We’ve already exposed the sinister “Mates and Dates” programme
Helen Houghton New Conservative co-leader With all the talk of bullying at the governmental level, the below letter from the teachers’ council must be exposed; an organisation threatening teaching staff with disciplinary actions for not toeing the line to their ideology is a fascist institution. Teaching Council – Comment On Question
If you’re wondering how we got from “what two adults do in the privacy of their own home is their own business” to Drag Queen Story Hour and “Kink for Kids at Pride”, you need to understand two things. Firstly, the left have opened their minds so wide that
Last week, Jacinda Ardern and her Labour Party re-instigated masking rules for years 8 to 12 in New Zealand schools. Going against all up-to-date scientific studies, they illogically decided that unilateral muzzling of our precious children was the best way to stop all those triple-vaccinated grannies from dying. On Thursday,
Is there any good polling news for the Democrats? Like left-wing parties across the West, the Dems could always count on education as one of their strongest issues. Not any more. New polling, commissioned by the American Federation of Teachers — one of the Democrats’ most reliable supporters — has found that
You know you’re truly a Mott The Hoople fan when you think Brain Capers was their best album. Which I do. And it is. An obscure album which flopped spectacularly – it sold about 7 copies worldwide when first released in November 1971 – and yet became compulsory listening for several
Alwyn Poole mthobson.school.nz If Phil Twyford, David Clark and Poto Williams had to resign for failures in Housing, Health and Policing then there are many more reasons for Chris Hipkins to hand in the Education portfolio. Clearly, the massive failure of the polytechnic centralisation is reason enough, based
Alia Bland voicesforfreedom.co.nz The government has shoved mask-peddling for students back onto schools. What have they said and what are your rights? Stuff writes: “The government has changed its position on masks in schools, again – now informing schools they should “enforce a mask wearing policy” for students year
PM: “We have not said you must punish students if they do not use masks or anything of that nature” CG: “It does actually say…you would enforce it in the same way as sun hats, sunblock rules and uniform rules” PM: “But ultimately schools determine how they choose to
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 – 13.
Colin Parkinson The government has required students from year four upwards to wear masks in the classroom, but in order for masks to be of any practical benefit, they must be the proper type and properly fitted. The “medical grade” masks recommended are not as effective as N95 or similar
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. Have you noticed the ways in which New Zealand’s mainspring seems gradually to be unwinding with Jacinda Ardern’
Once upon a time, universities were places where students went to learn how to think and to open their minds. Where ideas could be debated openly and freely. Nowadays, students go to learn what to think and to have their minds closed off and cauterised. Many students are completing a
Here we go again with mask madness. “The Government is “strongly” recommending schools review and “enforce” a mask-wearing policy as COVID-19 cases rise and children prepare to return to classes after the holidays.” “Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti has written to school boards “outlining the Government’s strong recommendation to
