Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students

A revealing look at where high schoolers’ pursuit of excellence can lead

This book offers a revealing—and troubling—view of today’s high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Veteran teacher Denise Pope follows five highly regarded students through a school year and discovers that these young people believe getting ahead requires manipulating the system, scheming, lying, and cheating. On the one hand, they work hard in school, participate in extracurricular acti...