Alwyn Poole Villa Education Trust Innovative Education Consultants For Karen and our Trust and staff, our passion has always been for working with kids who have barriers to otherwise succeeding in school. In 2002 we took a model to the Ministry of Education for a Middle School that had all
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
Australian tv host Andrew Denton once said that, if he had to give his kids just one book that would teach them all he wanted to know, it would be To Kill a Mockingbird. The book has long been a mainstay of set high school English texts, with good reason.
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 A few years ago, when I was visiting friends in Colorado, my host suggested going for a walk in the foothills of the Rockies. I readily agreed. We
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer lives in the UK. She is the author of By Their Fruits: Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign (CUAP, 2008); The Language of Life: Christians Facing the Abortion Challenge (St Pauls, 1995), and Prophets & Priests: the Hidden Face of the Birth Control
Ardern’s political philosophy at its most basic is all about control. This has become more evident this term as her electoral mandate allows her carte blanche to do whatever she wants. We can call her a socialist, a Marxist, even a communist and can point to some truth in
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Once again, after a break of a few weeks, we are set to continue our ascent of Mt Lunacy, otherwise known as the Unteach Racism app put out by the education-focused Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. For those of you determined to assault your
Just a few months ago a mind-bending idea hit New Zealand in the shape of Black Lives Matter. We had primary school teachers organising the youngest members of school to march around the grounds carrying signs expounding the twisted beliefs of the Marxist left.
Yun Jiang Australian National University Yun Jiang is a managing editor of the China Story blog at the Australian National University and produces China Neican. She has published widely on China-related topics and has been quoted in several major national and international press, including New York Times, Financial Times, ABC,
Kerry McDonald fee.org Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019). She is also an adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute and a regular Forbes contributor. Kerry has a B.A. in
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First We’ve been made aware of a new resource designed primarily for faith-based schools by InsideOut. InsideOut is a Rainbow Youth programme funded by the Ministry of Social Development which is being pushed under the banner of ‘anti-bullying’, and aimed at children as young
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
[Name withheld, government worker at the Ministry of Education] I am writing to you about the issue of compelled speech in the Ministry of Education here in New Zealand. I apologise that I do not give my name. I believe that if senior staff at the Ministry of Education discovered
As a recent survey has shown, the more Americans learn about “Critical Race Theory”, the less they like it. It’s a bit like socialism, where surveys have also shown that those who know the least about it are the most enthusiastic promoters. But Americans are wising up to CRT,
