Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, it's offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, and bans on cell phones
Peter O'Connor
The last thing schools need is National's dull, narrow curriculum
National's education policy undoes much of an informal pact with Labour to depoliticise education at a time of real struggle
We deserve better than Auckland's art vandal
Wayne Brown's threat to the arts ignores how it makes the everyday struggles of urban living more bearable
Easing children back into school
This week, the priority in primary schools should be for children to catch up with relationships rather than catch up with school work, writes Professor Peter O'Connor of the University of Auckland.
Vaccinate now and let children out of lockdown
Children are a special group of Aucklanders, who have given us so much. Their freedom relies on grown-ups to get the vaccine for them – so let's make sure we do, writes Peter O'Connor.
Pākehā must take the lead against racism
Peter O'Connor explains why racism belongs to Pākehā – and Pākehā need to take responsibility for stopping it.
Schools – where creativity goes to die
We live in post-normal times: A time which means nothing will ever be normal again, writes Peter O'Connor of the University of Auckland.
A loss for education
A tribute to Sir Ken Robinson, champion of the simple idea that schools might be better places if arts and creativity found their way into the dismal factory-like atmosphere of too many of our schools.
Don't let hope be a casualty of the virus
Imagining our lives will get better again is part of the healing process as a nation, writes the University of Auckland's Peter O'Connor.
Teachers hope to end “near death” of arts in school
Children in arts-rich schools do significantly better at the basics than schools which focus on measuring literacy and numeracy outcomes., but the arts fell out of favour, writes Peter O'Connor
Using drama to connect with Auckland's homeless
An Auckland theatre experiment helps 'streeties' and the communities they live
among find common ground.