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Publication

1998 - Times Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

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and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC373.1826/21
  • LCCLC4941 .M38 1998

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.

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Topics

EliteHigh schoolUpper classCase studiesSocial statusCas, Études dePublic schools

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  • Class struggle: what's wrong (and right) with America's best public high schoolsTimes Books1998-01-01

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