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Paul Goldsmith – National Submits on New Zealand History Curriculum
The National Party agrees that teaching New Zealand history to our kids should be a core part of the curriculum, but we have serious concerns around elements of the current proposal, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories is designed to be taught every year
Seven Out of Ten New Zealand School Students Found Home Learning during Lockdown Better, or the Same, as Learning in School Normally.
CensusAtSchool Co-director Rachel Cunliffe Seven out of ten New Zealand school students say that learning at home was the same or better during lockdown compared to learning in school normally, the latest results of a nationwide survey suggests. The insight comes from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit, online educational
Unteach Racism – Module 2 – Low Self Belief
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz In our previous article, we evaluated the first module of Unteach Racism, finding it to be worthy of an F- grade. Today we are moving on to module 2 entitled “Low Self Belief”. We come to this second module with lower expectations, given the pure
Submission on the Proposed School History Curriculum
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 The proposed History curriculum is so bad that it is hard to know where to start. Indeed, in the limited time I have to write a submission, I
Ask for an Honest History Curriculum
Hobson’s Pledge Trust We agree that the draft history curriculum divides history into villains and victims, contains significant gaps, and pushes a narrow set of highly political stories from our past, as a new petition on the ACT Party’s website states. The draft curriculum’s “three big ideas”
White Privilege Lessons Not Going Away Soon
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Despite denials from our Prime Minister, there is no sign of any retreat from in-class race-shaming rituals intended to eliminate racism, but which end up making some children feel guilty about their skin colour. On Monday, ACT Party leader David Seymour called a Ministry
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ACT Releases Submission on NZ History Curriculum
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson and former teacher The Government’s New Zealand history curriculum threatens to indoctrinate students in left-wing ideas and requires a radical rewrite. ACT has today released its submission on the draft New Zealand history curriculum and set up a petition calling for a complete
A Religious Symbol, Not a Knife: At the Heart of the NSW Kirpan Ban Is a Battle to Define Secularism
Renae Barker The University of Western Australia Renae Barker is a lecturer in law at the University of Western Australia and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Muslim States and Societies. She completed her PhD at UWA in 2014. The New South Wales government has put a temporary
Why Do Unemployed People Even Need Childcare?
You might wonder why two parents who aren’t working would even need childcare. After all, wasn’t the whole point of childcare to free up mothers to return to work? Ah, you see: that’s why you’re not an expert. You’re just not clever enough to understand
Noel Pearson: Make Education Great Again
Lawyer and academic Noel Pearson has laid down the law to education bureaucrats: drop the “progressiveness” and go back to what we know works. I disagree with Noel Pearson about many things, “Indigenous Voice” especially, but his challenge to education bureaucrats is right on the money. Noel Pearson has issued
New Education Programme Teaches White Supremacy
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government must explain why a new education programme is teaching the idea that white supremacy exists in our education system. We need to debate and discuss issues around race and inequality in this country. But covertly adding concepts like ‘white supremacy’ to the curriculum is