Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Education and Study aids

Getting Into College

by Frank Leana – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (November 19, 2013)

In his manual, Getting Into College, Leana provides both broad and very specific advice and information that will help high school students gain admission to the college of their choice. It discusses the role...

Only Connect

by Dr. Rudolph Crew & Thomas Dyja – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (August 07, 2007)

An inspiring new vision for America's public schools from one of the nation's top educators

American fourth graders score twelfth in the world in math skills, after Latvia and Hungary. Our eighth graders are...

Great Is the Truth

by Amos Kamil & Sean Elder – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (November 03, 2015)

A shocking exposé of sexual abuse and the struggle for justice at one of America's most prestigious schools

In June 2012, Amos Kamil's New York Times Magazine cover story, "Prep-School Predators," caused a shock...

Spare Parts

by Joshua Davis – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (December 02, 2014)

Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion picture

In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education...

At Play

by Elizabeth Swados – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (June 13, 2006)

Young people and improvisational theater should be a natural combination—so why do we so rarely find this combo in today's classrooms? According to Elizabeth Swados—playwright, director, composer, poet,...