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If Wishes Were Horses…

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Wishes must be tempered by reality. I could wax lyrical about the kind of schools I would like to see, but I must accept that the kind of schools I am likely to get will be profoundly influenced by the prosperity of my country, its social cohesion and its aspirations.

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Bradley, D. (2013). If Wishes Were Horses…. In: Hughes, P. (eds) Achieving Quality Education for All. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5294-8_2

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