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What Drives Indian Parents To Push Their Kids

January 27, 2021 Culture, Education, Race/Identity, Sports

Pawan Dhingra is a sociologist and Professor of American Studies at Amherst College, and he joins us to discuss the rise of the competitive student, the industry of tutors and activities built up around the idea, and how class and social status play into the phenomenon.

The 50th Percentile

January 20, 2016 Education

This hour, we’ll talk about why comparisons to the average person are essentially meaningless with Todd Rose, author of “The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness.”