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Sep 18, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Florian Fouquet |Nantes Université |Lisa Meehan |Gail Pacheco
1 INTRODUCTION There is a growing economics literature on the impact of health shocks on labor market outcomes. Previous studies have shown negative effects of such shocks on both employment and income (e.g., García-Gómez et al., 2013; García-Gómez & López Nicolás, 2006; Lenhart, 2019).
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May 25, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Gail Pacheco |Dennis Wesselbaum
1 INTRODUCTION In late 2019, the COVID-19 outbreak originated in Wuhan, China, rapidly transcending borders to become a global crisis. Faced with the absence of a vaccine, governments resorted primarily to implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions, so-called “lockdowns,” to curb the virus's spread, a strategy aimed at preventing overwhelming pressures on healthcare systems and minimizing loss of life.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Jan Dewar |Denise Wilson |Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made in crisis management mode. Decisions had to be made faster than usual, and there was limited ability to undertake wider consultation and impact analysis. Now the worst of the pandemic is over, we have the luxury of being able to reflect on what worked well and what didn't. One of the more controversial policies implemented during the height of the pandemic was the vaccine mandates.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Jan Dewar |Denise Wilson |Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan
OPINIONDuring the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, policy was being made in crisis management mode. Decisions had to be made faster than usual, and there was limited ability to undertake wider consultation and impact analysis. Now the worst of the pandemic is over, we have the luxury of being able to reflect on what worked well and what didn’t. One of the more controversial policies implemented during the height of the pandemic was the vaccine mandates.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Jan Dewar |Denise Wilson |Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made in crisis management mode. Decisions had to be made faster than usual, and there was limited ability to undertake wider consultation and impact analysis. Now the worst of the pandemic is over, we have the luxury of being able to reflect on what worked well and what didn’t. One of the more controversial policies implemented during the height of the pandemic was the vaccine mandates.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Martin C. Byford |Lisa Meehan |Gail Pacheco |Thomas Schober
Original Research *We would like to thank David Earle and Stephen Reder for helpful discussions and comments. Thanks to the Ministry of Education and Stats NZ for enabling this research by adding New Zealand's Programme for International Student Assessment data to Stats NZ's Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI).
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
educationhq.com | Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan |Thomas Schober
Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills. At the beginning of 2023, the Government rolled out its new history curriculum. But further changes to the curriculum were ...
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
newshub.co.nz | Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan |Thomas Schober
Watch: Principal describes teacher shortages as 'worst he's ever seen.' Credits: Video - AM; Image - Getty Images By Gail Pacheco, Lisa Meehan and Thomas Schober for The ConversationOPINION: Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills. At the beginning of 2023, the Government rolled out its new history curriculum.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan |Thomas Schober
Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills. At the beginning of 2023, the government rolled out its new history curriculum. But further changes to the curriculum were deferred to put the focus on maths and literacy. This decision followed a damning report revealed that by the age of 15, two out of five children are either only just meeting or failing to meet literacy standards.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
au.news.yahoo.com | Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan |Thomas Schober
Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills. This decision followed a damning report revealed that by the age of 15, two out of five children are either only just meeting or failing to meet literacy standards. It is clear the warning bells are ringing over student learning – maybe just not loud or urgently enough.
