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Podcast: Steen Videbeck on literacy

The Initiative’s Steen Videbeck reflects on his career as an economist and a teacher – and he explains how he combines both perspectives in his new research project on literacy in New Zealand. If you would like to listen to our latest podcasts, please subscribe to The New Zealand Initiative podcast on iTunes, Spotify or The Podcast App. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Steen Videbeck

Podcast

25 June, 2021

The Literacy ‘Reset’

There are many ways a Minister can communicate with their Ministry. From an email from an advisor to a quiet word with officials (or sometimes a not so quiet word). Read more

Steen Videbeck

Insights Newsletter

18 June, 2021

To Graduation and Beyond

Secondary schools should provide every student with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed after graduation. However, in our latest report, To Graduation and Beyond, we show that this is not always the case. Read more

Insights Newsletter

11 June, 2021

Research Note: To Graduation and Beyond

The purpose of secondary schooling varies depending on who you ask. For many parents, educators, and education professionals, schooling is meant to transmit the most ‘powerful’ knowledge that exists. Read more

Research Note

10 June, 2021

Podcast: Joel Hernandez on his IDI journey with The New Zealand Initiative

Joel Hernandez explains his three-year journey of crunching New Zealand’s education data. If you would like to listen to our latest podcasts, please subscribe to The New Zealand Initiative podcast on iTunes, Spotify or The Podcast App. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Podcast

10 June, 2021

Media release: To Graduation and Beyond

Wellington (Thursday 10 June 2021): Every secondary school should provide every student with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their endeavours after graduation. However, new research from the New Zealand Initiative shows that this might not be the case. Read more

Media release

10 June, 2021

Spelling doesn't matter!

“Soz, I meen spelng dozent mattr!” For those who haven’t heard, a British university has instructed its lecturers to overlook incorrect spelling, punctuation and grammar. Why? Read more

Steen Videbeck

Insights Newsletter

28 May, 2021

History is more than a set of pre-defined answers

Where do we come from? What has shaped this country? Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Insights Newsletter

28 May, 2021

Submission: Aotearoa New Zealand Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum

Read our submission to the Ministry of Education on Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum (draft for consultation). New Zealand's history is much more complex than can be explained by arguments about the exercise and expression of power. Read more

Roger Partridge

Submission

25 May, 2021

Briar Lipson on Q+A's education special focusing on NZ children's declining maths performance

Research Fellow Briar Lipson joined a panel of other educators and academics on Sunday's Q+A's education special to discuss our children's declining maths performance, and ways that we can fix this problem. You can watch the full panel discussion below. Read more

Briar Lipson

Q+A

2 May, 2021

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