Luxon's 'most worrying' discovery as an MP

Luxon's 'most worrying' discovery as an MP
Chris Luxon favours a return to 'teacher-structured' learning to combat educational underachievement. (IMage: Getty)
Pattrick Smellie
The education system needs to dump 'child-centred' education in favour of 'teacher-structured' learning if New Zealand is to turn around its declining educational achievement relative to other countries, says National party leader Christopher Luxon.Speaking to BusinessDesk at Parliament on Monday afternoon, Luxon said plummeting international rankings for educational achievement and low rates of school attendance have been "without doubt the most startling and worrying thing" he's discovered in his one year as a Me...

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