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Good morning, Mr Sarra : my life working for a stronger, smarter future for our children / Chris Sarra.

Good morning, Mr Sarra : my life working for a stronger, smarter future for our children / Chris Sarra.
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ISBN 9780702238888 (pbk.) :
Location 371.829 SAR
Author Sarra, Chris
Title Good morning, Mr Sarra : my life working for a stronger, smarter future for our children / Chris Sarra.
Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2012.
Collation xii, 346 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., col. ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary Note This book is about one man's fight to turn the tide of low expectations. When Chris Sarra arrived as the first Aboriginal principal of Cherbourg State School in 1998, it was a time of high hopes but low expectations in Indigenous education. Over the next six years, he transformed the school into a national success story, but not without controversy along the way. From his childhood as the youngest in a large Italian-Aboriginal family, Chris was taught to be proud of who he was and where he came from. But he only began to understand that not every Aboriginal child grew up with this sense of worth when he started working as a teacher. He became determined to defy expectations of being Aboriginal and, in doing so, to change them for others. His role at Cherbourg finally gave him a chance to put his philosophy into practice. Along the way, he battled the media, the education system and a culture of complacency.
Subject Sarra, Chris
Aboriginal Australians -- Education (Primary) -- Queensland
Geographic Name Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement (Qld.)
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