Bio

Lyndsay Connors was a member of the former Commonwealth Schools Commission; and Deputy Chair of the Board of the ABC. She has headed reviews in Victoria and the ACT, and held senior education posts in NSW including chair of the former NSW Public Education Council.

Lyndsay Connors's contributions:

CPD Road Test: schools funding

Labor's pledge to keeping pumping valuable education dollars into the Coalition's wasteful SES funding scheme is bad policy, writes Lyndsay Connors.

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• Schools
• Policy Watch

Too smart by half?

Howard’s claim to have increased public school funding by 70% over the last ten years might not be a lie – or even a damn lie – but it’s definitely a dodgy statistic, writes Lyndsay Connors.

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Simpson's donkey, hijabs and education policy

Lyndsay Connors explains how the government's commitment to 'freedom of choice' has caused problems that have manifest themselves in the debate about values in schools and uniforms.

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• Education

• Howard

What is a good society?

'In a 'good' society, this increase in risk and fear would be balanced by a greater, rather than lesser, governmental role and acceptance of responsibility' by Lyndsay Connors

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• Our Common Wealth