Claire Chastain reflects on her life from childhood as the adopted daughter of the towns leading citizen, a hard-working country lawyer and his wife. She shares the joys and challenges of growing up with her lifetime best friend Libby Callaghan. Libby comes to town as a ragged, poverty-stricken ten-year-old whose tough outer shell disguises her broken spirit and emotionally-scarred core. After Libby is adopted by a local rancher, the girls share the adventure of living on a ranch the size of a small state in a heart-warming story of overcoming bitter family loss. The girls struggle to find their place in the world as they confront shattered dreams and fallen heroes and make forever decisions. Claire copes with devastating family illness and is forced to face her demons when she is blindsided by loss and betrayal by the one person she idolizes. With her traditional values destroyed and her world in shambles, she searches her soul for redemption. The ultimate power of love and forgiveness triumphs in Claires reflections of coming of age.
Governments around the world are trying to come to terms with new technologies, new social movements and a changing global economy. As a result, educational policy finds itself at the centre of a major political struggle between those who see it only for its instrumental outcomes and those who see its potential for human emancipation. This book is a successor to the best-selling Understanding Schooling (1988). It provides a readable account of how educational policies are developed by the state in response to broader social, cultural, economic and political changes which are taking place. It examines the way in which schools live and work with these changes, and the policies which result from them. The book examines policy making at each level, from perspectives both inside and outside the state bureaucracy. It has a particular focus on social justice. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students will find that this book enables them to understand the reasoning behind the changes they are expected to implement. It will help to prepare them to confront an uncertain educational world, whilst still retaining their enthusiasm for education.
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