- Published: 30 January 2017
- ISBN: 9780857989260
- Imprint: Ebury Australia
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $22.99
Beautiful Failures
- Published: 30 January 2017
- ISBN: 9780857989260
- Imprint: Ebury Australia
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $22.99
Achingly honest and stunningly beautiful words for every parent struggling to help their kids navigate through today’s pressure-cooker world.
Lisa Wilkinson
Schools will never transform until our conversations around education do. As a mother, Lucy Clark found that out the hard way. Beautiful Failures is an unflinching and ultimately inspiring investigation of international best-practice, and what Australian schools can - and must - learn to do better. Clark’s conclusions, tough-minded and sometimes surprising, are bound to start many conversations.
Dr Susan Maushart, author and broadcaster
This is a fascinating book that, despite its extensive research, is not a difficult read ... As with the best of teachers, Clark’s success lies in her ability to first set down the foundation of her argument and then steadily build on it so, by the end of the book, the uninformed become well-informed and the well-informed even better informed ... an incisive study
Australian
Clark is brave, venturing into touchy territory where the personal and political meet, the sore spot in our society ... her journey from the personal into the theory and politics of education is instructive
Sydney Morning Herald