Education
History in Schools
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com If modern New Zealand History is to be taught to all students in schools as promised by Jacinda Ardern then the curriculum should not start in 1840. By then Maori had been 500 years in Aotearoa, the last forty of them in a state of almost
Dumb but Woke: Modern Educayshun in Australia
Australian students are ignorant but woke: just the way the Long March left intended. That’s the depressing conclusion to be gleaned from the latest assessment of Australian secondary students’ knowledge of civics – the basic skill set of a liberal democracy. Most secondary students lack the basic knowledge and skills
The Role of Teachers in Shaping the Thoughts of Our Young
One of the interesting things concerning the rise to power of the cult of Ardern is the effect in emboldening the neo-Marxists among us to push their failed ideology harder, particularly in the academic/educational ranks. It’s been seen often and commented likewise here many times, but I thought
Never Let Evidence Spoil a Beautiful Education Theory
The social engineers on the left have barely been able to contain their excitement at the limitless opportunities offered them by the Wuhan plague. Absolute state control over which businesses are and are not allowed to run. Dictatorial control over whether citizens are even allowed out of their homes. Daily
A Govt or a Bunch of Ideological Hawkers of Hubris?
At the beginning of the third decade of the third millennium, we ponder the fate of our country. We ponder our Parliament being forced to declare a dangerously warming state of “climate emergency” as snow and hail dashed the hopes of many South Islanders for a sunny summer run-up to
Fiddling While Wainui Burns
Our falling achievements in educating our youth have been in the news lately with (very) concerning and consistent reversals in reading, writing, mathematics and science. The educationists are letting everybody down. Time for a re-think. A microcosm of the general malaise may be seen in the case of Wainuiomata High
Dear Minister Hipkins
Alwyn Poole Dear Minister Hipkins Firstly – this is official notification that the Villa Education Trust will apply for a 240 student Designated Character School (non-zoned) in central Auckland to begin in 2022. This will be similar to the application that you rejected by stating that: 1. It was not budgeted
Preventing an Educational Train Wreck: Part TWO
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Here are seven things I think could help our education system: 1. The government needs to level the playing field in education If I ran a business and paid someone to manage it for me, and if my business continued to lose revenue, I would
Preventing an Educational Train Wreck: Part One
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz We’ve all heard the definition of insanity: doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results. That’s where we are at with education in New Zealand right now. The latest TIMSS (Trends In International Mathematics And Science Study) results are in,
Have We Accepted Our Lot as Victims?
Victimhood is a powerful tool which has long been harnessed by the left, both to garner support and to drive its agenda forward. The victim mentality is an acquired personality trait in which a person tends to recognize or consider him or herself a victim of circumstances caused by others
Who Will Hold the Adults to Account for Screwing Up Children’s Lives?
Alwyn Poole Recently the data from Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMMS) came out. New Zealand’s results are an unmitigated disaster. New Zealand is locking our young people into a learning spiral that is opening out towards terminal velocity and has very little about it that could
Midwifery Student Wins Apology & Settlement From University After Facing Suspension for Being Pro-Life
righttolife.org.uk A midwifery student, who faced suspension from her studies due to her involvement in the university pro-life society, has won an apology and payout from her university. Julia Rynkiewicz, 25, faced suspension from the University of Nottingham and a four-month-long fitness-to-practice investigation in 2019 as a result
Who’s Converting Whom?
Barbara Kay mercatornet.com Barbara Kay studied English Literature – undergrad at U of Toronto and graduate studies at McGill. For many years she taught literature and composition part-time at various Quebec Cegeps. She was also… More by Barbara Kay A Canadian bill would ban ‘conversion therapy’ for gays, while parents
Failing Education
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last week Radio NZ reported that schools around the country are paying tens of thousands of dollars to private consultants to help them improve the way they teach reading. They are introducing the so-called “structured literacy” approach, more commonly known as “phonics”. While backed by