Linda Perlstein: 2 books
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One American School Struggles to Make the Grade
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2007
The pressure is on at schools across America. In recent years, reforms such as No Child Left Behind have created a new vision of education that emphasizes provable results, uniformity, and greater attention for floundering students. Schools are expected to behave more like businesses and judged almost...
Not Much Just Chillin'
The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2003
A report from the front lines of the most formative-and least understood-years of children's lives
Suddenly they go from striving for A's to barely passing, or obsessing for hours over "boyfriends" they've barely spoken to. Former chatterboxes answer in monosyllables; free-thinkers...