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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Weis, Lois (Autor), Cipollone, Kristin (Autor), Jenkins, Heather, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Temas:
Education, Secondary > Social aspects > United States.
Upper class > Education > United States.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Social aspects > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Enseignement secondaire > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Classes supérieures > Éducation > États-Unis.
Universités > Admission > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Education, Secondary > Social aspects.
Social classes.
Upper class > Education.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 292 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226135083
022613508X

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