{"product_id":"school-of-dreams-edward-humes-9780156030076","title":"School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School","description":"The 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Humes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0156030071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156030076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Edward Humes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992866390271,"sku":"9780156030076","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d239c7f-ea99-4414-a218-78dca63a4b52.jpg?v=1683321245","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/school-of-dreams-edward-humes-9780156030076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}