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- catalog abstract "Using Mamaroneck High School in Westchester County, New York, as his primary case study, Mathews examines the realities of the top public high schools in the United States. He offers "a penetrating view of the competing -- and often damaging -- forces that nurture the Ivy League goals of the academic and economic elite while often squashing the less glamorous ambitions of the rest."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10736027.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Using Mamaroneck High School in Westchester County, New York, as his primary case study, Mathews examines the realities of the top public high schools in the United States. He offers "a penetrating view of the competing -- and often damaging -- forces that nurture the Ivy League goals of the academic and economic elite while often squashing the less glamorous ambitions of the rest."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "vii, 312 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0812924479 (hc)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Times Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "373.1826/21 21".
- catalog subject "Elite (Social sciences) United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "LC4941 .M38 1998".
- catalog subject "Mamaroneck High School (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)".
- catalog subject "Public schools United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Social status United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Upper class Education (Secondary) United States Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Class struggle : what's wrong (and right) with America's best public high schools / Jay Mathews.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".