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Beyond the Classroom
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Beyond the Classroom Paperback - 1997

by Steinberg, Laurence

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Drawing on a nationwide survey encompassing all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, "Beyond the Classroom" identifies the real nature of the education crisis in America. "No one answer is going to reverse the dumbing down of American schools and American kids. But here, at last, is a fresh perspective".--"Chicago Tribune".

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  • Title Beyond the Classroom
  • Author Steinberg, Laurence
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Touchstone E
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date October 17, 1997
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 7832670-75
  • ISBN 9780684835754 / 0684835754
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.53 x 5.53 x 0.56 in (21.67 x 14.05 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects High school students - United States -, Academic achievement - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 9603662
  • Dewey Decimal Code 370.193

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Some sixty miles west of Philadelphia, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the Derry Township School Board faced a problem.

About the author

Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., is the Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University. He is the author or coauthor of several books and his work has also appeared in many publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania