School of Smock
by Jessica Smock, Ed.D.
I’m thrilled to introduce the next installment of our Parenting Around The World series! This week, we’re discussing American education, academic pressure, and competition. And be sure to check out …
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When I was younger, I used to dream about boarding school. Not only did I dream about it, between the ages of 12 and 14, I made it my life's mission to go away to boarding …
The childhoods of the urban students who are the participants in my dissertation study, whose voices I listened to for many months, were mostly filled with adversity, trauma, and instability. Among …
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When at-risk kids do "succeed" -- get a scholarship to a prep school, go off to an elite college, get an amazing job -- a lot of them realize that there are unwritten social codes that you need to …
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