of Contents
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
FOREWORD BY NICOLA STURGEON
CHAPTER 1
Move On Up
Narratives of Mobility
What’s Worth Writing For
Step by Step
Leave or Remain
CHAPTER 2
No One Likes Us; We Don’t Care
Doris and Albert
Northern Grit and Wit
Distinction and Disgust
CHAPTER 3
How the Light Gets In
Spring Hill and Its Streams
A Child at Seven
Our Stroke of Luck
Nature and Creativity
Discovery With Discipline
Expression and Distraction
The Bell That Tolled for Me
Primary Lessons
CHAPTER 4
End of Eden
The Time of Tests
Three Types of Minds
X, L, and S
Home Truths
Missed Opportunities
Class Matters
CHAPTER 5
Worlds Apart
Sunken Middle Class?
Two Cultures
Cultural Capital
Gaffes and Gangs
The Meaning of Mobility
Life in the Margins
CHAPTER 6
Higher Loves
Getting Too Silly
First Love
Second Love
Higher Purpose
CHAPTER 7
The Full Monty
Experience Counts
Class Returns
No Horse and Carriage
CHAPTER 8
The Bigger Picture
Meritocracy
New Aristocracy
Economic Democracy
The Future
Last Words
NOTES
About the Author
Andy Hargreaves, PhD, was born and grew up in Accrington, Lancashire, in England. He is an emeritus professor at Boston College and holds visiting or honorary professorships at the University of Ottawa, Hong Kong University, the University of Stavanger, and Swansea University. He is past president of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement and adviser in education to the first minister of Scotland, and from 2014 to 2018, he also advised the premier of Ontario. Dr. Hargreaves is cofounder and president of Atlantic Rim Collaboratory (ARC), a group
