Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood
by Alissa Quart
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A devastating indictment of the ?gifted child? mythThe effort to produce ?gifted? children through an exhausting regimen of early (and ever-earlier) training has grown into a troubling national phenomenon. With less free playtime and overwhelming pressure to achieve, the kids are the ones who suffer. Investigative journalist Alissa Quart knows the terrain firsthand, having herself negotiated the gifted-child label. With phenomenal research and sharp insight, she takes a damning look at the industry that profits from marketing educational products to enhance giftedness and questions the correlation between rigorous early enrichment and higher achievement. A thoughtful, sometimes critical look at the excessive ambition foisted upon children, Hothouse Kids is essential reading for parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about education.
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- Title
- Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood
- Author
- Alissa Quart
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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- ISBN 10
- 0143111914
- ISBN 13
- 9780143111917
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2007
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