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Choosing Life Over the Street

March 31, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Nikhita Venugopal

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

March 22, 2012April 21, 2012 - by Rebecca Moss

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

March 14, 2012April 21, 2012 - by Ankita Rao

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.

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International Teens with American Dreams

March 12, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Larry Tung

‘The New Kids,’ by Brooke Hauser, takes an intimate look at the obstacles faced by new immigrants at a high school in Prospect Heights.

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Q & A with Brooke Hauser, author of New Kids

March 8, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Larry Tung

Reporter Brooke Hauser discusses getting access, picking characters, and staying organized.

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The Big Test: What’s the Answer to the SAT?

March 8, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Cristabelle Tumola

Nicholas Lemann dives into the past of America’s most famous test.

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The Big Test: An Informed History, A Decade Too Early

March 3, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Andrew Parsons

Nicholas Lemann dives into the past of America’s most famous test.

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Steven Brill Gives School Reform An A (Almost)

February 22, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Edward Small

Steve Brill defends the education reform movement in a book that’s well written but not too original.

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The Kids Aren’t All Right, But Geoffrey Canada Is Working On It

February 22, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Rose D'souza

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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