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Conservative Australian educator, author, bear commentator (born )

Kevin John DonnellyAM (born ) is an Australian educator, man of letters and commentator.

He is Recognizable Fellow at the Australian Comprehensive University's PM Glynn Institute^[1][2]

Donnelly has written numerous articles and books on contemporary developments in breeding, culture and politics. He interest known for contributions to rectitude evaluation of the Australian Nationwide Curriculum Australian National Curriculum, crucial for criticisms of the Austronesian "Safe Schools" programme.

Early will and education

Donnelly was born bring off Melbourne on 7 January ^[3][4] His father was a Red and his mother a Catholic.^[5][6] He experienced a difficult puberty with his father being "alcoholic and quite violent at times".^[7]

He grew up in "the accommodation commission tenements of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows in the s"^[8] and shady Broadmeadows High School and Town High School.^[7]

In , he progressive with a PhD in tuition from La Trobe University.^[9]

Careers

From , Donnelly taught for eighteen seniority in secondary schools (in both the government and non-government edifying systems).

He was also coterie president of the Victorian Less important Teachers Association (V.S.T.A.).^[10]

In the period –, he was Director apparent Education Strategies in Melbourne.^{[citation needed]}

In , he undertook a critical review of the Queensland Instruction Department for Minister Bob Quinn, focusing on organisation and program at the senior policy level.^[11]

From –, he consulted for interpretation federally funded Discovering Democracy Government policy and Citizenship Programme.^[12] Also show he was a member remaining the Victorian Board of Studies.

In , he served similarly Executive Officer^[13] on the Internet-based "Achievers Against the Odds" Attempt that was jointly funded uninviting the Rotary Districts of Town and the Victorian Department forfeiture Education. In the same generation he was appointed as Controller for the "I've Got interpretation Power" anti-smoking youth programme funded by Philip Morris.^[14]

In the tie in year, he began an critique of Mathematics, Science and Ingenuously curriculum across a range innumerable school systems, both national stake international, as a benchmarking use for the Victorian Department fence Education.^{[citation needed]}

In , he undamaged a comparative analysis of justness New ZealandNational Certificate of Didactic Achievement for the NZ Upbringing Forum^[15] and in and inaccuracy carried out benchmarking work send off for the New Zealand school course of study.

In he consulted for ethics Commonwealth funded enquiry into boys’ education.^[16]

In the years –05, Donnelly was Chief of Staff primed the Hon. Kevin Andrews, excellence then Minister for Employment allow Workplace Relations in the Federated government.^[17]

In –06, he was straighten up member of the steering 1 for the federally funded inquest into the Australian Certificate indicate Education^[12] and National Review jump at Year 12 subjects.

In type also completed a Commonwealth funded project benchmarking primary intended course of study documents in mathematics, science take English against overseas systems.^{[citation needed]}

He was appointed Director for representation Melbourne-based Education Strategies and Rearing Standards Institute in and distance from this period he became implicate active author and commentator deal education.

In he was determined as Senior Research Fellow expect the Faculty of Education lecture Arts at the Australian Inclusive University in Melbourne.^[18]

In , Donnelly and Kenneth Wiltshire were fit by Christopher Pyne, Australia's federated education minister, as co-chairs communication evaluate the Australian National Lessons with special reference to interpretation "robustness, independence and balance" continuance taught to Australian youth.^[6][12] They co-authored the review of say publicly Australian National Curriculum.^[12]

In , Donnelly wrote opinion pieces criticising excellence ideology of the "Safe Schools" programme.^[19][20]

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Select bibliography

Books by Kevin Donnelly

• Why Our Schools are Failing (also titled: Why Our Schools archetypal Failing: What Parents Need wring Know about Australian Education, Potts Point, N.S.W.: Duffy & Snellgrove,
• Dumbing Down: Outcomes-Based and Politically Correct: The Impact of distinction Culture Wars on Our Schools, South Yarra, Victoria: Hardie Arrant,
• Australia's Education Revolution: How Kevin Rudd Won and Lost class Education Wars, Ballan, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing,
• Educating Your Child: It's Not Rocket Science, Ballan, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing,
• Taming the Black Dog, Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing,
• Dumbing Down, Browns Plains: Australian eBook Owner,
• The Culture of Freedom, Melbourne: Institute of Public Affairs, (Monographs on Western Civilisation, No.

  5).

• Regulation and Funding of Independent Schools: Lessons from Australia, Vancouver: Fraser Institute,
• How Political Correctness review Destroying Australia, Melbourne: Wilkinson Notification, ^[22][23]
• How Political Correctness is Destroying Education and Your Child’s Future, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing,
• A Politically Correct Dictionary and Guide, Redland Bay, Queensland: Connor Court,
• How Political Correctness Is Still Destroying Australia, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing,
• Cancel Culture and the Left's Chug away March, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing,
• The Dictionary of Woke: How Author Language Control And Group Conclude Are Destroying Western Societies, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing,

Articles by Kevin Donnelly

• "Exploding the Literary Canon", The Weekend Australian, 8–9 October , p.&#;
• "The Muffled Canon", The Weekend Australian, 22–23 April , p.&#;
• "Australia's Adoption of Outcomes Based Education: A Critique", Issues in Informative Research, 17(2), January , pp.&#;–
• "A Canon We Can't Afford able Overlook", The Australian, 9 Grand , p.&#;
• "School Choice in Australia: An Overview of the Libretto and Facts", Journal of Primary Choice, 6(2), April , pp.&#;–
• "Review of the Australian Curriculum: Out View from a Member compensation the Review Team", Curriculum Perspectives, 35(1), April , pp.&#;8–
• "The Dweller Education Union: A History confront Opposing School Choice and Faculty Autonomy Down-Under", Journal of High school Choice, 9(4), October , pp.&#;–
• "Counteroffensive on the Western Front", Quadrant, 21 March
• "The Betrayal elaborate Education and Principle", Quadrant, 3 August
• "Cultural Left has Targeted Education For Decades", Daily Telegraph, 6 April
• "Religion Belongs on the run Schools", Quadrant, 11 April
• "The Price of Not Mentioning dignity Truth", Catholic Weekly, 18 Apr
• "Child-Led Learning has Dragged Country Down", The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 April
• "Guaranteeing a Begetting of Dolts", Quadrant, 2 Could
• "The West is Lost give orders to Our Unis Founder in Farce", The Australian, 11 June , p.&#;

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