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Changes Won't Help Children of Beneficiaries
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 2:03 pm | Maxim Institute
“In trying to give a leg up to the children of beneficiaries, the Government is undermining one of the key determinants of children’s success: their family,” says Maxim Institute researcher Dr. Jane Silloway Smith. More >>
Visionary Education Policy Not So New
Monday, 10 September 2012, 6:37 pm | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute Senior Researcher Steve Thomas says Labour leader David Shearer’s speech yesterday outlined a policy that is contradictory. More >>
Electoral Commission Threatens Parliamentary Effectiveness
Monday, 13 August 2012, 1:05 pm | Maxim Institute
Electoral Commission Recommendation Threatens Parliamentary Effectiveness The Electoral Commission’s recommendation to lower the party vote threshold risks making Parliament less stable and effective. The lower threshold will mean it is easier for small parties ... More >>
Positive Moves for Development of Partnership Schools
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 10:24 am | Maxim Institute
Positive Moves for Development of Partnership Schools The Government is on the right track with its announcement of its newly named Partnership School framework. The basic model put forward today will likely see new providers opening state schools ... More >>
Maxim Institute Queries Government Back-Down on Class Sizes
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 3:35 pm | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute is concerned about the Government’s back-down on class sizes announced this afternoon. Maxim Institute Senior Researcher Steve Thomas says the Government must carefully examine its reasons for backing down. “Is this back-down because ... More >>
Performance Pay: Be Careful Says Maxim Institute
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 11:58 am | Maxim Institute
/ media release Wednesday 16 MAY 2012 There Are Many Models of Performance Pay-Be Careful Says Maxim Institute The Government’s announcement that it will develop a teacher appraisal system is encouraging. However, Education Minister Hekia Parata’s ... More >>
Consider Constitutional Change Carefully
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 10:24 am | Maxim Institute
“Many people assume that New Zealand does not have a constitution or at least that it lacks a proper constitution,” says Dr Richard Ekins of the Faculty of Law at The University of Auckland. More >>
Teachers Standards Are Good for Teachers
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 2:38 pm | Maxim Institute
“Treasury is spot on in saying that New Zealand needs to provide teachers with a more 'robust career path,'” said Maxim Institute Senior Researcher Steve Thomas. More >>
David Shearer Spot on with Focus on Teacher Quality
Friday, 16 March 2012, 10:46 am | Maxim Institute
Labour leader David Shearer was spot on in his speech when he indicated that poor quality teachers should not be teaching in New Zealand’s schools. “Poor quality teachers can set children back by as much as a year’s worth of learning,” said ... More >>
Good League Tables Have Potential
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 6:16 pm | Maxim Institute
“Ever since national standards were first suggested, there has been disagreement about how the information that is collected should beused. The primary teachers’ union (NZEI), want the information kept private. But the new Minister of Education, ... More >>
Good League Tables Have Potential
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 3:58 pm | Maxim Institute
“Ever since national standards were first suggested, there has been disagreement about how the information that is collected should beused. The primary teachers’ union (NZEI), want the information kept private. But the new Minister of Education, ... More >>
Charter Schools a Positive Initiative
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 1:17 pm | Maxim Institute
“Charter Schools provide a great opportunity for education to diversify and strengthen in New Zealand,” says Steve Thomas, Researcher at Maxim Institute. “They would allow community groups and entrepreneurial educators to start new and different schools ... More >>
Charter Schools A Positive Initiative
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 3:13 pm | Maxim Institute
“Charter Schools provide a great opportunity for education to diversify and strengthen in New Zealand,” says Steve Thomas, Researcher at Maxim Institute. “They would allow community groups and entrepreneurial educators to start new and different schools ... More >>
Polls Showing MMP'S Rough Edges
Saturday, 19 November 2011, 10:21 am | Maxim Institute
“There is no perfect voting system. Deciding which system is best for New Zealand involves making trade-offs among a whole range More >>
Know What You're Voting For - Maxim
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 9:58 am | Maxim Institute
New Zealanders are pretty good at turning out to vote on election day, but there are a couple of concerns. One is that voting is lowamong young people and another is that it can be hard to keep track of all the policies and people we need to know ... More >>
On Balance, the Best Voting System for New Zealand Is SM
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:53 am | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute releases two papers on the voting system—one that recommends SM as the best system, and one that looks at how MMP could be improved. “There is no perfect voting system. Deciding which system is best for New Zealand involves ... More >>
Maxim Institute Recommends a Voting System
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:52 am | Maxim Institute
In September we released a paper called Kicking the Tyres: Choosing a voting system for New Zealand which took a neutral stance on the referendum, by evaluating all the voting systems on offer. We have spent the past month getting the paper into ... More >>
Time To "Kick The Tyres" Of Voting Systems
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 9:23 am | Maxim Institute
“Representative democracy comes in lots of shapes and sizes. The voting system we use plays a big part in determining what that shape and size is. A country's voting system not only affects the kind of voting paper that we use, it also affects the ... More >>
Maxim Institute To Host Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith in NZ
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 2:36 pm | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute is pleased to be hosting the UK’s Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, on Friday 22 July, to deliver the Annual Sir John Graham Lecture. The purpose of the SirJohn Graham Lecture is to provide an opportunity for ... More >>
Help the Pacific Instead Of the Whole World
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 2:55 pm | Maxim Institute
22 June 2011 - “New Zealand’s aid programme should stop scattering tiny bits of aid across the world and should more tightly focus its money on the Pacific,” says Dr Jane Silloway Smith, author of Maxim Institute’s new policy paper on foreign ... More >>
