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Author Mathews, Jay, 1945-

Title Class struggle : what's wrong (and right) with America's best public high schools / Jay Mathews.

Publication Info. New York : Times Books, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  LC4941 .M38 1998  1998    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description vii, 312 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes indexes.
Contents Fundamentals. Hard and soft ; Brain farms ; Mamaroneck ; Parenthood ; The experiment -- Top and bottom. Fight for honors ; Game of levels ; Taking a break ; Together in the dark ; Making the grade ; Cheating -- Looking down. Choices ; Graphic illustration ; Trimming orchids ; Floors and ceilings -- Measuring sticks. A new test ; Gatekeeping ; Immune to failure ; Samurai on the second floor -- Money. Prices at the summit ; Mrs. Crawford's taxes ; Search for equality -- Reaching out. Open borders ; Cocoons ; Focusing ; Too smart to teach ; Time warp ; Extra help ; Brain communes -- Conclusions. By any other name ; Examined lives ; Moving on ; Growing together -- A guide for students and parents : Challenge quantified.
Subject Upper class -- Education (Secondary) -- United States -- Case studies.
Upper class -- Education (Secondary)
United States.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Upper class.
Public schools -- United States -- Case studies.
Public schools.
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences)
Social status -- United States -- Case studies.
Social status.
Mamaroneck High School (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)
Mamaroneck High School (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)
Genre/Form Case studies.
ISBN 0812924479 hardcover alkaline paper
9780812924473 hardcover alkaline paper
0812931408
9780812931402