A comprehensive report authored by Dr Michael Johnston offers a detailed analysis of the current challenges facing New Zealand’s educational infrastructure. Save our Schools: Solutions for New Zealand’s education crisis outlines a series of .
Wellington (Thursday, 20 April 2023) – A new report, authored by Emeritus Professor Des Gorman and Dr Murray Horn, reveals that New Zealand's COVID-19 pandemic management was highly politicised and resulted in poor performance during the outbreak. Lifting .
However, new research
from the New Zealand Initiative shows that this might not be
the case.
Results suggest that some low decile schools
might be doing a better job at preparing their students for
completing a tertiary qualification.
Using data on
more than 500,000 students enrolled at nearly 500 secondary
schools, Policy Analyst Joel Hernandez shows that there are
high-performing schools across all deciles.
Among
high-performing schools (the top 10%), low decile schools
tend to outnumber their middle- and high-decile peers,
however.
This is the case when we consider the share
of students that go on to complete a tertiary qualification
one, three, five and seven years after
Wellington (Wednesday, 9 June 2021): The New Zealand Initiative calls on the Government to reject the Climate Change Commission’s recommendations and instead rely on the Emissions Trading Scheme’s cap to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. “The Climate .
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:15 am
A well-functioning education system is vital to equip our
children for life.
However, a new report from The New
Zealand Initiative says it is not clear whether the
education system is serving our children as well as it
should.
Educational Performance and Funding in New
Zealand: Are our children getting the education they
deserve? takes a closer look at the evidence on New
Zealand students’ educational achievement and examines
whether a lack of funding may be playing a
role.
Authors Senior Fellow Dr David Law and Policy
Analyst Joel Hernandez focused on results from three
international education surveys; the Progress in