Portraits of Exemplary Schools: St. Paul's School.

Lightfoot, Sara Lawrence

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Publication Date: 1981

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Portraits of Exemplary Schools: St. Paul's School.

Lightfoot, Sara Lawrence

Daedalus, v110 n4 p97-116 Fall 1981

Examines the semiutopian life-style of students and staff at an elite private, coeducational boarding school. The author concludes that the school provides students with the foundations for academic and social success at a cost of emotional distance from their home circumstances. For journal availability, see SO 509 295. (AM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advantaged, Boarding Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Family School Relationship, High Schools, Secondary Education, Student Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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