"United States" . . "Social stratification" . . "Educational sociology" . . "The result of four years at Midwestern \"Wilton High,\" this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parents, students and community members do to secure different kinds of advantages for themselves and their families."@en . . . . . "Reports - Descriptive"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . . . "Producing success the culture of personal advancement in an American high school"@en . "Producing success the culture of personal advancement in an American high school" . . . . "Livres électroniques" . "Producing Success: The Culture of Personal Advancement in an AmericanHigh School"@en . . . . "Middle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. Most attempts to redress this inequality focus on the issue of access to financial resources, but as \"Producing Success\" makes clear, the problem goes beyond mere economics. In this eye-opening study, Peter Demerath examines a typical suburban American high school to explain how some students get ahead. Demerath undertook four years of research at a Midwestern high school to examine the mercilessly competitive culture that drives students to advance. \"Producing Success\" reveals the many ways the community's ideology of achievement plays out: students hone their work ethics and employ various strategies to succeed, from negotiating with teachers to cheating; parents relentlessly push their children while manipulating school policies to help them get ahead; and administrators aid high performers in myriad ways, even naming over forty students \"valedictorians.\" Yet, as Demerath shows, this unswerving commitment to individual advancement takes its toll, leading to student stress and fatigue, incivility and vandalism, and the alienation of the less successful. Insightful and candid, \"Producing Success\" is an often troubling account of the educationally and morally questionable results of the American culture of success."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Producing success : the culture of personal advancement in an American high school" . "Producing success : the culture of personal advancement in an American high school"@en . . "Books"@en . "Producing Success: The Culture Of Personal Advancement In An American High School" . . "Middle class United States." . . "Social stratification United States." . . "Students Social conditions" . . "High schools United States." . . "Educational sociology United States." . . "Students United States Social conditions." . . "Middle class" . . "Élèves du secondaire États-Unis Conditions sociales." . . . . "Academic achievement" . . "USA." . . "High schools" . . "Sozialstatus." . . "Succès scolaire États-Unis." . . "Schulerfolg." . . "Peter Demerath" . . "High school." . . "Academic achievement United States." . . "Enseignement secondaire États-Unis." . . "EDUCATION Secondary." . .