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After 11 years as a cowboy in America’s wild west, Clark Stanley claimed to have created a medical cure-all from secrets learned from a Hopi medicine man. He began marketing his Snake Oil Liniment in the early 1900s. Read more
Last year Prince Harry interviewed Obama. The former president told the Prince that to improve things you have to find common ground between people. Read more
The counterrevolution started in Auckland last night. That is when the Initiative hosted British educator Katharine Birbalsingh for a dinner lecture in front of an audience of almost 300 teachers, school trustees, business leaders and politicians. Read more
Choosing the best school for your child is an important decision. The best school, whether it is primary or secondary, can have a big impact on your child’s wellbeing and success in school. Read more
Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and headmistress of Michaela Community School, a free school in London. She started her own school after declaring Britain's state education system “broken” because it kept "poor children poor." She's been called the "strictest teacher in Britain," but Katharine Birbalsingh tells Hayley Holt on Breakfast that her students "love the fact that it's strict". Read more
New Zealand born London headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh founded Michaela Community School. It is often referred to as Britain's strictest school. Read more
Literacy rates in New Zealand present a paradox. Our renowned Reading Recovery programme is an international export success. Read more
Wellington (9 May 2018): Are we teaching our children the best way possible? And if not, how does New Zealand’s teaching profession need to change? Read more
When my colleague Oliver Hartwich first tried explaining the German school system to me, he might as well have been speaking German. It seemed entirely foreign. Read more
Many of you must remember that ‘oh, shoot, now what?’ feeling you had with your graduation cap in one hand, and a hefty bill in the other. I do. Read more