And Still We Rise
The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-city Students
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 20, 2001
Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of their exceptional IQs and test scores.
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- Who it’s for
- A school-year portrait brings gifted students’ academic ambitions into close view amid formidable obstacles.
- Themes
- Educational achievement, Overcoming adversity, Urban school challenges
- Genres
- Secondary Education, Minority Studies, Lives in Education
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Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of their exceptional IQs and test scores. Sitting alongside them in classrooms where bullets were known to rip through windows, Corwin chronicled their amazing odyssey as they faced the greatest challenges of their academic lives.
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And Still We Rise is an unforgettable story of transcending obstacles that would dash the hopes of any but the most exceptional spirits.
Promise Under Pressure
A school-year portrait brings gifted students’ academic ambitions into close view amid formidable obstacles.
Come here for
- The tension between exceptional promise and hard-won opportunity
- A grounded look at gifted students’ school lives
Expect
- A year spent alongside twelve high school seniors
- Classrooms shaped by challenges beyond academic demands
Where it sits
| Secondary Education | 39% |
|---|---|
| Lives in Education | 32% |
| Minority Studies | 30% |
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Publisher categories
- Educational Psychology
- History of Education
- Children's Health
- Teen Psychology
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- Child Psychology
- Therapy for Kids & Teens
- History of Psychology
- Mental Health
- Authors
- Miles Corwin
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 20, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Educational achievement · Overcoming adversity · Urban school challenges
- Reading lane
- Educational Psychology