If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labelled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today Thomas Sowell. To prove the truth of Sowell’s observation,
Curious about the content in the draft curriculum of “Aotearoa New Zealand Histories” to be taught in NZ schools next year, the first obvious mistake I noticed was the title. The content is entirely Maori history (with a nod toward Polynesia because Maori travelled from there) so why not just
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Regarding the new history curriculum, according to RNZ, “On Wednesday, Education Minister Chris Hipkins urged New Zealanders to check out the content and provide feedback before it was finalised.” It isn’t the easiest website to navigate but I eventually found, from the ‘draft curriculum’
“Give us a child till he’s seven and we’ll have him for life,” is a maxim attributed to everyone from Aristotle to the Jesuits, but throughout history it is one well understood by would-be totalitarians. It’s why the Nazis had their Hitler Jugend, the Communists their
righttolife.org.uk A Conservative MP is advancing a Bill to protect freedom of speech at universities from a “corrosive trend… that aims to prevent anybody from airing ideas that groups disagree with or would be offended by”. Last week, David Davis MP offered an impassioned defence of the importance
Bob McCoskrie Family First As children prepare to head back to school, there’s some study prep that parents need to do to become aware of what your children may be facing in the classroom (depending on the values of the school!) around the issues of sexuality and gender identity.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
