Opinion: New Zealand is prey to educational fads. We see it in NCEA, modern learning environments and localised school curriculum, writes Professor Elizabeth Rata. New Zealand is prey to educational…

Photo credit: Lynn Grieveson, featured on Newsroom.co.nz/ Our accelerating retreat from the idea of universal knowledge will do us harm, warns the University of Auckland’s Elizabeth Rata  ‘Critical times as…

Photo credit: National Library, featured on Newsroom.co.nz/ How will we agree on what history to teach young New Zealanders? Elizabeth Rata says what we teach is too important to leave…

If Covid has taught us anything, it’s the value of an educated population that believes in science. Elizabeth Rata makes the case for a ‘much-needed knowledge restoration’ in our curriculum.  Only knowledge…