Ethics Backlash After Private School’s Social Media Experiment Goes Wrong. Badly.

Victim blaming results after parents raise ethics concerns about a school’s social media experiment

‘Kiwi Jihadi’ Launches LinkedIn Profile, Teaches with Puppet

New Zealand’s Very Own ISIS Fashionista has made a social media comeback after his Twitter blunders early last year Mark Taylor (also once known as Abu Abdul-Rahman) used to go by the Twitter handle of “Kiwi Jihadi” but has now made a reappearance on the networking site LinkedIn as Muhammad Daniel, keen to talk-up his…

Early Childhood Sector Spin and Propaganda. Why you Should NOT Put your Children in NZ’s Baby Farms

Are you a working parent looking for good quality childcare for your young children? Maybe you’re thinking about moving to New Zealand because you’ve been told its a ‘Great Place to Raise Kids’? Think again. Take a look at the following problems in the early childhood sector in NZ, you may want to reconsider your…

Schools Warned not to Set Debt Collectors on Families that Don’t Pay ‘Voluntary Donations’

New Zealand is getting an F in its international education rankings, and its NCEA high school qualification has fallen into disrepute. The NCEA, a second-rate ‘made-in-NZ’ substitute for the Cambridge International Examinations, has been called a …credit accumulation exercise. The NCEA system encourages schools and students to choose soft-option unit standards and easier achievement standards…

NZ’s Education System Gets a Resounding F, Must Try Harder.

New Zealand’s home spun education system is often touted to the lucrative billion dollar international student market as “world class”. However, many immigrant families from first world countries say it is over sold and under-delivered and their kids stand still for a couple of years after they emigrate to New Zealand. Read Stories about Education:…