New Zealand's results and rankings have dropped in the 2012 PISA survey of education achievement by the OECD.
The graphic below allow comparison of country results. It is followed by a video discussion of factors relating to New Zealand's performance in an international context.
Gordon Campbell: On Why The Dice Are Loaded Against Women In Public Life
If they enter public life, women can expect a type of intense (and contradictory) scrutiny that is rarely applied to their male counterparts... More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Harry/Meghan Affair, And Iran
Those “Meghzit” headlines seem apt, given how closely Britain’s January 31 exit from the European Union resembles the imminent departure from the Royal Family’s top team of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. For young Iranians, the accidental downing of the Ukrainian airliner is just the latest example of the deadly incompetence and dishonesty of their leaders... More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Iran Aftermath
So, evidently, you can get away with murder. It looks as though a further escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and the US has been avoided – mainly thanks to Iran NOT responding in kind to the recklessly unhinged behaviour by the United States. Given the massive outpouring of public grief in Iran over the murder of Qassem Soleimani, some reciprocal action by Iran was necessary, but (so far) it has been almost entirely symbolic in nature... More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Aussie Bush Fires And Suleimani
In popular culture, Australia is often portrayed as Western civilisation’s last unspoiled frontier, or as its final refuge from planetary disaster. In Nevil Shute’s best-selling 1950s novel On The Beach for instance, Melbourne served as the backdrop ... More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Best Music Of 2019
This was a year where so many of the highlights came from female musicians. But amid all that richness, there was one standout album... More>>
Gordon Campbell: On Scotland’s Renewed Independence Battle
Brexit has always been very much an English obsession... So while it isn’t surprising that Boris Johnson won the election, he might also have lost the United Kingdom in the process. More>>
