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Pawan Dhingra
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Pawan Dhingra is Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty; The Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank ’55 Professor of U.S. Immigration Studies, in American Studies, Amherst College.

Pawan Dhingra's contributions to The Conversation are being republished at Britannica.com under a Creative Commons license.

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Hyper Education
Hyper Education (September 2021)
By Pawan Dhingra
An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement education and the after-school learning centers, spelling bees, and math competitions that it has...
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