A Class Apart
Subtitle: Prodigies, Pressure, and Passion Inside One of America's Best High Schools
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: August 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780743299442
Subjects: General; Secondary; Sociology - General; Education / General; Education Of Gifted Students; Secondary Schools; Education; Education / Teaching; Gifted children; New York; New York (State); Stuyvesant High School (New York, N.Y.)
Description: A portrait of the top-ranking Manhattan public high school cites its high-achieving alumni and offers insight into the experiences of its present-day students as they navigate the challenges of the school's considerable academic standards.