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Producing success
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Peter Demerath |
The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parent… |
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Lost in the meritocracy
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Walter Kirn |
Percentile is destiny in America."So says Walter Kirn, a peerless observer and interpreter of American life, in this whip-smart memoir of his own long strange trip through American education. Working… |
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Restless virgins
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Abigail Jones,Marissa Miley |
An honest, intimate look at the lives of today's teens—told through the true experiences of friends at a New England prep schoolEstablished in 1798, Milton Academy has a proud history of achievement.… |
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Reading time
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Catherine Compton-Lilly |
While teachers cannot travel back in time to visit their students at earlier ages, they can draw on the rich sets of experiences and knowledge that students bring to classrooms. In her latest book, C… |
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Manga high
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Bitz, Michael EdD |
Shares the story of the after-school comic book club at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in New York City, a group that has decided to concentrate on drawing manga, analyzing the processes and prod… |
OL16340940W |
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How to survive your freshman year
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Frances Northcutt,Scott C. Silverman |
"The work is a compilation of advice and stories from hundreds of students at more than 100 colleges across the US, regarding all the important aspects of life as a first-year college student, based … |
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Mission High
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Kristina Rizga |
"It's easier for a journalist to embed with the Army than to go behind the scenes at an American public school. Kristina Rizga spent an unprecedented four years reporting from the classrooms and hall… |
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Expanding the circle
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John C. Hawley |
Many educational professionals agree that the time has come to expand their circle of inclusion and broaden their definition of diversity by increasing LGBTQ studies, but the question of how to do so… |
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Putting all students on the graduation path
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Robert Balfanz,Nettie E. Legters |
"This issue ... offers perspectives and strategies for engaging American youth in learning, keeping them on the graduation path, and preparing them for success in college and career"--Back cover. |
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Seeking Modernity in China's Name
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Weili Ye |
"The students who came to the United States in the early twentieth century to become modern Chinese by studying at American universities played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and di… |
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