Choosing Life Over the Street
By the ages of 9 and 11, Pharaoh and Lafeyette Rivers knew they had to walk, not run, at the sound of gunfire. They stayed away from windows when shootings …
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Life Lessons from Mrs. Zajac’s Fifth Grade Class
Tracy Kidder describes learning for fifth graders in a Massachusetts elementary school as a push and pull between discipline and rule-breaking. Homework is never done, and poverty lines are clear.
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The New Kids on the Immigration Block
In The New Kids, New York-based journalist Brooke Hauser weaves a detailed web of International High School stories. Her reporting is impeccable, leading us through the chaotic interplay of home life, classrooms and dreams. The effect is a quick-paced book with the plot of a fiction novel and the unnerving truth about immigration.
Read MoreInternational Teens with American Dreams
‘The New Kids,’ by Brooke Hauser, takes an intimate look at the obstacles faced by new immigrants at a high school in Prospect Heights.
Read MoreQ & A with Brooke Hauser, author of New Kids
Reporter Brooke Hauser discusses getting access, picking characters, and staying organized.
Read MoreThe Big Test: What’s the Answer to the SAT?
Nicholas Lemann dives into the past of America’s most famous test.
Read MoreThe Big Test: An Informed History, A Decade Too Early
Nicholas Lemann dives into the past of America’s most famous test.
Read MoreSteven Brill Gives School Reform An A (Almost)
Steve Brill defends the education reform movement in a book that’s well written but not too original.
Read MoreThe Kids Aren’t All Right, But Geoffrey Canada Is Working On It
In “Whatever It Takes,” Paul Tough follows Geoffrey Canada for almost five years as he attempts to figure out how to reduce the disparity between low-income and middle-class children.
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