The End of Open-Plan Classrooms: A Victory for Common Sense
Open-plan learning was sold as innovative, but it was a con – prioritising vibes over results. The Government’s decision to ditch it is a rare win for commonsense.
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Intense Competition for Places in Faith-Based Schools
This surge in demand for faith-based schools is also a wake up call for the Ministry of Education to take a close look at the performance of the state schools and the state education system – all is not well.
Declining House Prices Are Not Good for Our Economy
Rushing headlong toward economic oblivion.
Media Have Got Their Man
Don’t for a moment think that those masquerading as journalists have given up. They will still be intent on going in for the kill. My message to National is to wake up and watch out.
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Face of the Day
Ani O’Brien said “in desperation or frustration” she made a complaint with NetSafe – which receives and assesses complaints – and then took the case under the Harmful Digital Communications Act.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… tacit (adjective) - 1: expressed or carried on without words or speech 2: implied or indicated (as by an act or by silence) but not actually expressed Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In the first chapter of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, the narrator Mr. Lockwood recounts
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
