Stuyvesant High School, the Ultimate Meritocracy
A CLASS APART: PRODIGIES, PRESSURE AND PASSION INSIDE ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST HIGH SCHOOLS
By Alec Klein
Simon & Schuster, 323 pages, $25
Every fall, 20,000-plus eighth graders with cowlicks or ponytails and an abnormal share of pocket protectors take the most important test of their lives—the Stuyvesant exam. Nothing else matters in Read More
