Class warfare :: class, race, and college admissions in top-tier secondary schools /

Stories abound about the lengths to which middle- and upper-middle-class parents will go to ensure a spot for their child at a prestigious university. From the Suzuki method to calculus-based physics, from AP tests all the way back to early-learning Kumon courses, students are increasingly pushed to...

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Main Authors: Weis, Lois (Author), Cipollone, Kristin (Author), Jenkins, Heather, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:Stories abound about the lengths to which middle- and upper-middle-class parents will go to ensure a spot for their child at a prestigious university. From the Suzuki method to calculus-based physics, from AP tests all the way back to early-learning Kumon courses, students are increasingly pushed to excel with that Harvard or Yale acceptance letter held tantalizingly in front of them. And nowhere is this drive more apparent than in our elite secondary schools. In Class Warfare, Lois Weis, Kristin Cipollone, and Heather Jenkins go inside the ivy-yearning halls of three such schools to offer a d.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 292 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226135083
022613508X

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