Overachievers, The: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids
 

The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids

by Alexandra Robbins

The bestselling author of Pledged returns with a groundbreaking look at the pressure to achieve faced by America?s teens
In Pledged, Alexandra Robbins followed four college girls to produce a riveting narrative that read like fiction. Now, in The Overachievers, Robbins uses the same captivating style to explore how our highstakes educational culture has spiraled out of control. During... (read more)

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An amazing book that any teacher or parent should read. Actually anyone with even a smattering of interest in education or our children should read this.

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