Overview

An award winning book by the noted Harvard educator which examines six schools that have earned reputations for excellence.. What makes a good school? A prominent Harvard educator looks for the answers in six schools that have earned reputations for excellence: George Washington Carver High School in Atlanta; John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, New York; Highland Park High School near Chicago; Bookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts; St. Pauls in Concord, New Hampshire; and the Milton Academy, near Boston.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Publisher:   Basic Books
Imprint:   Basic Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780465026968

ISBN 10:   0465026966
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   27 August 1985
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Urban Portraits * George Washington Carver High SchoolCharismatic Leadership: Building Bridges to a Wider World * John F. Kennedy High School: Balancing Forces: Creating a Pluralistic Community Suburban Portraits * Highland Park High School: Hierarchies, Ambition, and Stress * Brookline High School: Emerging Forms of Authority and Diversity Elite Portraits * St. Pauls School: Certainty, Privilege, and the Imprint of History * Milton Academy: Breaking New Ground: Humanism and Achievement Group Portrait * On Goodness in High Schools * Afterword: The Passion of Portraiture

Reviews

Author Information

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and MacArthur genius award winner. (A named chair was created this spring in her honor.) She is the author of The Good High School (Basic), Balm in Gilead (AWL and Penguin), and I've Known Rivers (AWL and Penguin). Each of these books, as well as Respect, uses a vivid technique of portraiture, for which she has become known both to scholars and devoted readers.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions