Meridith Maran
Journalist Meredith Maran spent one year immersing herself in the school community at California's Berkeley High School. That experience led to Class Dismissed, an engaging chronicle of her year that reveals the highs and lows of high-school life through the eyes of three seniors. Maran frames their personal stories in the larger context of the most diverse high school in California, where students often choose to self-segregate during lunch breaks but also laud the diversity of the student body. Maran incorporates candid interviews with teachers, parents, administrators and other students, lending credibility to her recommendations for change in the education system. Copies of Class Dismissed: A Year in the Life of an American High School, A Glimpse into the Heart of a Nation are available from online booksellers in paperback for $11.96 and in hardcover for $16.76.
