A look at Labour’s education plan

Labour leader David Cunliffe pulled the covers off Labour’s shiny new education policy at the recent Labour Party Congress. With…

What’s happening with National’s school leadership policy?

Remember how the National Party announced a $359 million School Leadership policy in January this year? Earlier this month we…

Game Changers – why principals matter

Education is important. You may think of learning as a passport to opportunity. You may see it as a source…

Game Changers – on leading and learning

By Maxim Institute

At Maxim Institute’s event “Game Changers | on leading and learning” at the University of Auckland Business School on May…

Game Changers | On leading and learning

Perspectives from Iva Ropati, Viviane Robinson and Tim O’Connor on the non-negotiables of leading kids to success in school. As…

Think again

I caught myself last week saying, “you learn something new every day.”  I try to avoid using clichés that can…

Dear Steven Joyce, there’s more to life than productivity

Last week Steven Joyce released the Tertiary Education Strategy for the next five years. There are no great surprises. The Government’s focus…

Inspired by the evidence

Sixteen years ago, I got a diligence award from school. I had no idea what diligence was, and when I…

What difference do school leaders really make?

Think of a leader, any leader. I’d bet very few people would first think of a principal. It’s more likely…

Play fair with partnership schools

By Jeremy Vargo

There’s an education showdown brewing in Whangārei, with the PPTA looking to sink a proposal floated by a partnership school…

National’s School Leadership proposal

By Jeremy Vargo

School leadership burst onto the election year programme during John Key’s State of the Nation speech, when he announced $359…

Reviving the humanities: Part II

Pessimists have been hailing the coming death of the humanities for some time. This is as true overseas as in…

Reviving the humanities: Part I

We’ve heard all sorts of lament about the state of New Zealand education recently. At tertiary level, specifically, the Government’s…

NZ’s education report card disappoints

“Something’s seriously wrong with our education system.” “Education is in crisis.” These are the sort of comments that have followed…

German inefficiency

Können Sie diesen Satz verstehen? Most New Zealanders wouldn’t be able to answer that question. The question is in German,…

iDream of role models

Lives can change lives. Some have more impact than others. Some change others for the better, some for worse. At…

Embracing complexity

As a researcher in a think tank, you are constantly engaged in a struggle between the vast nuance and complexity…

New Zealand’s new schools

As expected, there’s been considerable reaction to Education Minister Hekia Parata’s announcement of the five successful applicants for partnership school…

A children’s tale

The fourth trick of a German children’s tale tells of the mischief-makers Max and Moritz putting gunpowder into the pipe…

Educational gains in charter schools are still gains

I was interested to note the similarities between the statement offered by the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) in Tuesday’s…