{"product_id":"9780156030076","title":"School Of Dreams : Making the Grade at a Top American High School","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSchool Of Dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Edward Humes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pressure to succeed in our nation's most competitive public high schools is often crushing. Striving to understand this insular world, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes spent a year at California's Whitney High, a school so renowned that parents move across town-and across the world-hoping to enroll their children. That's because schools like Whitney deliver everything parents want: love of learning, a sense of mission, and SAT scores that pave the way to elite universities. Attending such a school, of course, carries its own toll: High-achieving, pressured kids survive on espresso and four hours' sleep a night, falling into despair if they get a B. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLively, personal, and very readable, School of Dreams uncovers what works-and what doesn't-at this model high school, offering parents, students, and teachers some powerful messages about public education today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR SCHOOL OF DREAMS\u003cbr\u003e\"A masterly example of passionate yet even-handed reporting . . . Deserves an A+, even without grade inflation.\" -Michael Dirda, The Washington Post book world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engrossing . . . Deserves credit for showing that a fine public school education isn't necessarily an oxymoron.\"-The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780156030076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41153822752974,"sku":"9780156030076","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780156030076.jpg?v=1651216875","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780156030076","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}