A Pulitzer prize-winning journalist spends a year immersed in the high-pressure world of a competitive public high school—where teens chase 4.0 grades point averages, survive on as little as four hours of sleep, and chug lattes like water—and discovers the human story of what it takes to be a top student in America. Humes introduces a cast of passionate students, and touches on topics relevant to parents, teachers, administrators, and politicians, including destruction of equal education in America; standardized testing and cheating by students, parents, schools, and governments; public schools that succeed; and over-testing in our nation's schools.
爱德华·休姆斯(Edward Humes)
新闻记者,曾获得普利策新闻奖。休姆斯的作品包括《新生儿加护病房的春天》(Baby E.R)、畅销书《密西西比泥沼》(Mississippi Mud》、《公平审列》(Mean Justice)以及获得美国会年度非小说类大奖的《无论我多人声音呼喊》(No Matter How Loud I Shout)。休姆斯现居住在南加州。
看这本书之前,我很想了解美国的初等教育是什么样的。但是我发现,Whitney作为全美最好的公立中学之一,它“好”的表现就在于它跟亚洲中学的相似性 。这所学校在建立之初苟延残喘的时候,就发现想在敌意满满的加州公立学校系统中立足的话,只有一个重点要抓 – 升学率,还有常...
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