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Lyndsay Connors

Lyndsay Connors

Pearls and Irritations

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Australia’s school system: Entitlement vs need

When leaving school at seventeen, I did not expect that my participation in the Australian school system would resume; or that adult life would bring...

15.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

Australia’s school system: losing common ground

Both in Australia and the UK, governments are moving to clean up the damage of the privatisation era. But in Australia’s school sector, far from...

01.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

 Australia’s school system: OOPs!

“The quasi market-based nature of the Australian education system entrenches disadvantage.” The degree of socio-educational stratification among...

14.03.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

Summer: heat, cicadas and rising fees in private schools

Private school fee rises are as intrinsic to an Australian summer as the screech of cicadas. And instead of relaxing in the holiday heat, I find...

18.01.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

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