Erica’s SMART Assessment System Isn’t Smart After All
Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.

Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.

Holocaust education should teach universal lessons about racism and genocide, not become a narrow political narrative.

If Te Tiriti can be removed from education policy, what’s left is not neutral — it’s a choice about whose voice matters.

Turn schools into grades, and you don’t just measure performance — you reshape behaviour. The question is who benefits.

Education policy does not exist in a vacuum. It reflects the values a society holds about work, intelligence, equity, and…

New Zealand’s education system is once again being subjected to political tinkering disguised as reform. With the school year barely…