National's policy aims to school Labour on education decline

National's leader Christopher Luxon ditched Parliament for the playground this week, touring schools to sell his party's solution to declining student performance with a back-to-basics focus on literacy and numeracy. 

Teacher unions have criticised the plan, but the party was unlikely to ever get their backing - instead targeting concerned parents and his political opponent, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. 

In this week's Focus on Politics Political Reporter Katie Scotcher grades National on its new education policy.