Linda Perlstein (b. 1971) is an American education writer.
Perlstein grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she attended Nicolet High School. She received a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University anda master's in international affairs from Columbia University.
She is the author of Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers, an anthropology of a group of preteens at Wilde LakeMiddle School in Columbia, Maryland. Her secon...
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Linda Perlstein (b. 1971) is an American education writer.
Perlstein grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she attended Nicolet High School. She received a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University anda master's in international affairs from Columbia University.
She is the author of Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers, an anthropology of a group of preteens at Wilde LakeMiddle School in Columbia, Maryland. Her second book, Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade, explores the impact ofthe standards and testing movement on the daily lives of children andteachers. It takes place primarily at Tyler Heights Elementary Schoolin Annapolis, Maryland.
She worked for The Washington Post from 1994 and 2004, most of thattime as an education writer. She also works as a freelance writer andspeaks to audiences of parents and teachers about children's issues.
Perlstein is married and lives in Baltimore and Shenandoah County, Virginia. One of her...
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