UID:
almafu_9959239941902883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) :
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photographs
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-84-00-62141-3
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0-313-00211-8
Series Statement:
Contributions to the study of education, no. 80
Content:
Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan was no ordinary high school. Named for the man who brought free higher education to New York City, students like Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Herman Wouk, Jonas Salk, and three future Nobel Laureates commuted from all five boroughs of the city in order to attend.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Look Back -- 2 Sub-Freshman Moves Up -- 3 Students and Theories -- 4 Change of Identity -- 5 Harris Observed -- 6 Perpendicular Learning -- 7 Educators' Dilemma -- 8 Ferment and Agitation -- 9 Clouds over 23rd and Lexington -- 10 Troubles Abound -- 11 Sam's Boys -- 12 A State of "Chasis" -- 13 Beginning of the End -- 14 To Plan or Not to Plan -- 15 Waiting It Out -- 16 Fatal Spring -- 17 Ave Atque Vale -- Reference Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-313-31479-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798400621413
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