Radical Hope: Education And Equality In Australia

Radical Hope: Education And Equality In Australia

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A vision of a future in which no child is left behind.In Radical Hope Noel Pearson considers two crucial questions. Can education transform the lives of the disadvantaged many or will it at best raise up a fortunate few? And how to ensure the survival of a people their culture and way of life?In a style that is personal and philosophical wide-ranging and politically engaged Pearson discusses what makes a good teacher and recalls his own mentors and inspirations. He argues that rigorous schooling is essential for underclass children to engage with the wider world and deplores the long-term failure of education policy in Australia especially when there are lessons to be learned from innovations now underway. Always provocative Pearson seeks the radical centre the way forward that will raise up the many while preserving culture.This edition includes responses to Radical Hope by leading figures Tony Abbott Andrew Leigh Chris Sarra Peter Sutton Peter Shergold Christine Nicholls Fred Chaney and Jane Caro as well as Pearsons reply. There is also a new afterword which tells of the progress of two schools using the methods Pearson describes.We all need the Pearson project. INGA CLENDINNEN The Australian[Pearsons] essay is at once elegiac and forward-looking brimming with the radical hope of the title. STEVEN SCHWARTZ Australian Literary Review

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