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How do markets and governments operate in education and what is the best way to organise, finance and regulate education? Mark Harrison assesses the performance of the New Zealand school sector, the impact of the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, and current government spending policies. Read more
A New Deal is a manifesto for New Zealand’s schools, one with great potential to raise education standards and expectations for every child. It takes stock of the fundamental strengths and weaknesses of our present education system and what is needed to lift the quality of education standards, close the large performance gap between underprivileged schools and their better-off peers, and make New Zealand a stronger competitor in the global marketplace. Read more
There has been much debate over the appropriate level and form of government support for tertiary education, but comparatively little analysis of the merits of the underlying policies. Who Should Pay? Read more
In this submission, we do not undertake a clause-by-clause analysis of the TERB, but identify a number of wider policy reforms that would help achieve the goals being sought by the government through the TERB. Read more
I have come half-way around the world but I feel very much at home, with people who share not only a common language, but so much of my inherited experience. We are the descendents of the common law, of Magna Carta, of David Hume and John Locke. Read more
The abolition of the bulk funding of teacher salaries is by far the most important change and one for which no rational explanation is provided. We consider it to be a seriously retrograde step. Read more
The first thing I should say is that the wrong Epstein is speaking to you today. The proper Epstein is my wife who works at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and who has been involved in most phases of school administration. Read more
My task today is to consider reforms for the government's regulation of schooling. By way of introduction, let me refer briefly to a talk I gave during my previous visit to New Zealand, in December 1995, entitled 'The Role of the Government in Education'. Read more
The NZBR believes membership of students associations should be voluntary and supports the general thrust of the bill. We do not wish to comment on its detailed provisions. Read more
The review of tertiary education provides an opportunity to advance policy affecting an important sector of the economy. The government should only intervene where the benefits from doing so exceed the costs. Read more