Connors, Lyndsay Genevieve

As a young parent with children growing up in Canberra, Lyndsay Connors was one of many whose lives were enriched by the philosophy of Jean Blackburn. Along with many other active members of the public education community and the feminist movement at that time, Lyndsay Connors found in The Karmel Report, Schools in Australia, and, in particular, in Girls, Schools and Society a set of directions for the continuing struggle for quality and equality in education.

Having served on the ACT Schools Authority as a parent member, Lyndsay Connors was then appointed as a full-time Schools Commissioner. Her later appointments included Chair of the Schools Council of the National Board of Employment, Education and Training; and Deputy Chair, Board, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Following a period of 8 years as a director with the NSW Department of Education and Training, she was appointed in 2000 to chair a Ministerial Working Party Review in Victoria, 'Public Education: The Next Generation. She was the Australian College of Education Medallist, 2001.

(Source: Biography supplied by Dr Shirley Randell AM)

Books

• Connors, Lyndsay, Changing Schools for a Changing Future, State Board of Education, Melbourne, 1986, 33 pp. [ Details... ]
• Willis, Sue, Science and Mathematics in the Formative Years, Connors, Lyndsay, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1990, 155 pp. [ Details... ]

Reports

• Connors, Lyndsay, School-based Decision-making, Schools Commission, Canberra, 1-4 June 1977, 62 pp. [ Details... ]
• Panel of Commonwealth Schools Commissioners (Australia), Planning and Funding Policies for New Non-government Schools, Commonwealth Schools Commission, Woden ACT, March 1985, 32 pp. [ Details... ]

video recordings

• Hart, Ian; Skilbeck, Malcolm; Connors, Lyndsay, Twenty Questions about Core Curriculum, Produced for Curriculum Development Centre Canberra by The Electric Image, Canberra, 1980. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• 'Dr Lyndsay Connors', University of Sydney, 2001, http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/ConferencePIC2001/Dr_Lyndsay_Connors.htm. [ Details... ]
• Australian College of Education, 'Gold Medal 2001: Dr Lyndsay Connors', 2001, http://www.austcolled.com.au/Awards/Connor01.htm. [ Details... ]
• Connors, Lyndsay, 'Lyndsay Connors speech [Keynote Public Education Day Address]', NSW Teachers Federation, 14 Mar. 2001, http://www.nswtf.org.au/media/latest/20010314_address.html. [ Details... ]