Show me the evidence
The football season has begun. Not the FIFA cup, but the political football that is education. Read more
19 May, 2017
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The number one step
Treating symptoms without diagnosing the disease can provide temporary relief but is not the best way to find the cure in the long run. So it is with medicine, as it is with policy. Read more
Dr Rachel Hodder
28 April, 2017
Tuis, Kiwis and bus drivers
It has been two weeks since I started work in New Zealand, at the Initiative. Starting a new job in a new country, there are a few things to get used to. Read more
Briar Lipson
28 April, 2017
Media Release: Tertiary education, and student loan scheme, in need of shake-up
The New Zealand Productivity Commission’s report on tertiary education shows that the tertiary education system needs fundamental change. An important part of that change is introducing interest on new student loans. Read more
21 March, 2017
Dr Eric Crampton on Prod Comm's tertiary report and student loans
Following the release of the Productivity Commission's report, New Models of Tertiary Education, our Head of Research Dr Eric Crampton spoke to Tim Fookes on Newstalk ZB about why we support the report and why we think tertiary education, and the student loan scheme, are in need of a shake-up.
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Dr Eric Crampton
21 March, 2017
Dr Eric Crampton on Productivity Commission's tertiary education report
Dr Eric Crampton speaks to Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB about the Productivity Commission's new tertiary education report - and why we welcomed the report and their comments on our interest-free student loan scheme.
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Dr Eric Crampton
21 March, 2017
Black cats and education
According to Oscar Wilde, “religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn’t there, and finding it”. Well, in a way that is almost the definition of teacher quality. Read more
10 March, 2017
Why are we afraid to even talk about performance pay for teachers?
Contrary to media reports, a new study by policy thinktank the NZ Initiative does not recommend performance pay for high achieving teachers, says its author Martine Udahemuka. But still, she asks, shouldn’t parents and educators at least be having the conversation? Read more
6 March, 2017
Schools crisis: no easy solutions
For every complex problem there is always an easy solution – neat, plausible, and wrong. Or so once quipped HL Mencken, the American journalist, satirist and scholar. Read more
Roger Partridge
24 February, 2017
Breaking from the beaten path
There was a dirt road north of our old farm in Manitoba. Grass grew on the hump between the wheel tracks. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
24 February, 2017