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Justin Grosslight

Book Review: A Beautiful Brick in the Wall — Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools

This is an indispensable study for anyone — including scholars, policy makers, and educators — who yearns to better understand how race and culture play out in a rarefied suburban milieu.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Review Tagged: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools, Justin Grosslight, Natasha Warikoo, Race at the Top

Book Review: Humanizing Our Youth — “Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age”

Throughout, Gen Z, Explained does its best to help readers relate to its protagonists by placing them in Gen Z’s shoes.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Digital Age, Gen Z, Justin Grosslight, The Art of Living in a Digital Age

Book Review: Cowboys and the Wild East — “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century”

Proceeding largely country by country, Sebastian Strangio penetratingly explores Southeast Asia’s multifaceted struggle with its behemoth Chinese neighbor.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Review Tagged: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Faisal Z. Ahmed, In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century, Indonesia, Justin Grosslight, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sebastian Strangio, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Book Review: A Profound Meditation — “Mathematics for Human Flourishing”

Put bluntly, Mathematics for Human Flourishing is quite possibly the most profound meditation on mathematics I have read.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Francis Su, Justin Grosslight, Mathematics for Human Flourishing

Book Review: Up Close and Personal? — “The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us”

With journalistic flair, The Years That Matter Most brilliantly shows how, in terms of college opportunities, the scales of justice tilt in favor of the wealthy.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: ACT, Admissions, College, College Board, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, How College Makes or Breaks Us, Justin Grosslight, Mobility, Paul Tough, SAT, The Years the Matter Most

Book Review: “The Future is Asian” — Challenging Western Ideology

Marshaling statistics, maps, scholarly literature, news articles, and reports, The Future is Asian cogently dramatizes the reasons behind Asia’s re-ascendance to economic, political, and cultural primacy.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Review Tagged: Belt and Road, China, Globalism, Justin Grosslight, Singapore, The Future is Asian: Commerce Conflict and Culture in the 21st Century

Book Review: A Whirlwind Journey from Memory to Reason — Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science

“Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science” makes a profound claim about the need for cognitive restructuring in the face of information overload.

By: Justin Grosslight Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: 17th-century, England, English Virtuosi and Early Modern Science, history of science, history of the book, Justin Grosslight, Notebooks, Richard Yeo

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