Nicolas Chirstakis’s argument re school closures comes from two studies – the first from a study of influenza spread in Japan and Italy where it was decided to close a school once someone attending the school was infected. The end result was it only reduced the number of infected people
Chris Hipkins is either very, very stupid or very, very brave. My money is on the stupid. He’s stated very publicly that schools, universities, polytechnics and early-childhood centres are “very, very safe places” to be, despite the coronavirus pandemic: Schools, universities, polytechnics and early-childhood centres are “very, very safe
This is part four of a series of articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 * Part one: The Truth about Mates &
Andrew Breitbart coined the maxim that “politics is downstream from culture”. If you want to see the future of left-wing politics, you only need look at the culture on university campuses. It doesn’t look good. How much longer can university leaders ignore the accelerating rhythm to raids on
This is part three of a series of articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 * Part one: The Truth about Mates &
As I asked recently on The BFD, is it time to bulldoze the universities? It was mostly tongue-in-cheek – but not entirely. Universities have reached a point where they are little more than job creation schemes for middle-managers and left-wing indoctrination camps. Administrators outnumber teachers and researchers; academics are overwhelmingly dominated
We keep thinking that the world cannot get any more stupidly ‘woke’ but, as Einstein reportedly said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” The latest idiocy comes from the USA (naturally) where a poor petal might be upset if
This is part two of a series of four articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 Part one: The Truth about Mates
“The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling” Thomas Sowell. For all the high-minded talk of teaching “critical thinking” and “creativity”, the modern
Alwyn Poole innovativeducation.co.nz In an affluent country like New Zealand children are in material deprivation for one of two reasons. Either their parent(s) are not earning/receiving enough money in a relatively high-cost nation or they are not spending what they have in an effective and appropriate
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This NZ teacher covers the complexities of gender and sexuality issues so well I feel we could all benefit from seeing her address in its entirety. She does not speak from a Christian perspective but mainly from sound pedagogical principles ie good educational practice. Here is a link to a
This is part one of a series of articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 Mates & Dates Part one: Biology doesn’
