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Education/School

Adolescents at School: Perspectives On Youth, Identity and Education. Michhael Sadowski, Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2003.

Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for the World of Work. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Barbara Schneider, New York: Basic Books, 2003.

Class Dismissed: A Year in the Life of an American High School, A Glimpse into the Heart of a Nation. Meredith Maran, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2001.

Doing School: How We are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students. Denise Clark Pope, Yale University Press, 2003.

Freaks, Geeks and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools and the Culture of Consumption. Murray Milner, New York: Routledge, 2004.

High Schools on a Human Scale: How Small Schools Can Transform American Education. Thomas Toch, Beacon Press, 2003.

How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning. Dawna Markova and Anne R. Powell, Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 1992.

Letting Go: A Parents Guide to Understanding the College Years. Karen Coburn and Madge Treeger, HarperCollins, 2003.

Pregnant Bodies, Fertile Minds: Gender, Race and the Schooling of Pregnant Teens. Wendy Luttrell, New York: Routledge, 2003.

School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School. Edward Humes, Harvest Books, 2004.

Transformations: Immigration, Family Life and Achievement Motivation Among Latino Adolescents. Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995.

"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race. Beverly Daniel Tatum, New York: Basic Books, 2003.

© 2005 Michael Y. Simon, MFT