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Lyndsay Connors

Lyndsay Connors

Pearls and Irritations

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Entitled schools are taking on entitled parents: what about the students?

Entitled schools are taking on entitled parents: what about the students?

Governments have fostered a sense of entitlement in private schools. They should be enforcing the principle of putting students first. The UN...

09.07.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

School funding is undermining equality and cohesion

01.04.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

How elite private schools distort Australia’s teaching workforce

Fees charged by elite private schools go on rising. But who is paying the price? On 23 January, The Australian Financial Review reported that “the...

17.02.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors

If I were minister for school education…

21.04.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Lyndsay Connors