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Leaving No Child Behind?: Options for Kids in Failing Schools
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | NCLB is the signal domestic policy initiative of the Bush administration and the most ambitious piece of federal education legislation in at least thirty-five years. Mandating a testing regime to force schools to continually improve student performance, it uses school choice and additional learning resources as sticks and carrots intended to improve low-performing schools and districts. The focus is on improving alternatives to children in low-performing schools. Here top experts evaluate...more
Leaving No Child Behind?: Options for Kids in Failing Schools
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | NCLB is the signal domestic policy initiative of the Bush administration and the most ambitious piece of federal education legislation in at least thirty-five years. Mandating a testing regime to force schools to continually improve student performance, it uses school choice and additional learning resources as sticks and carrots intended to improve low-performing schools and districts. The focus is on improving alternatives to children in low-performing schools. Here top experts evaluate...more
Billy the Kid: A Bio-Bibliography (Popular culture bio-bibliographies)
Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood
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Editorial Reviews — [1] ... Product Description | To sort out who's who and what's what in the enchanting, vexing world of Barbies(r) and Ninja Turtles(r), Tinkertoys(r) and teddy bears, is to begin to see what's become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about our values and expectations concerning our children, that Gary Cross explores in Kids' Stuff, a revealing look into the meaning of American toys through this century....more
[2] ... Review | Let the reader beware: after perusing Kids' Stuff , you'll never again be able to cruise the aisles of Toys "R" Us with an untroubled soul. In this history of toys, author Gary Cross relates a joyless world of useless plastic objects and manipulative advertising aimed at children. He begins with a discussion of how the concept of toys has changed since the 19th century, positing that toys are a prime example of a consumer economy run amok. What started out as the manufacture of toys meant to function...more
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 20
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-01-14 Summary: Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 20 ... //Make// is a quarterly magazine that focuses on serious Do-It-Yourself projects and targets DIYers, builders, crafters, and other creative sorts. The Winter 2009 issue's main feature is an interview with Adam Savage of the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters. This issue, among other projects, features a hydrogen-oxygen bottle rocket, an Autophenakistoscope, a marble adding machine, and so much more. All of these projects are accompanied with detailed instruction and large full color photos to guide even the most building ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-12-11 Summary: More good stuff ... I've gotten every issue of make so far, and this one is just as good as the others. The editorials about the decline of basic tech skills helped clarify my unorganized thoughts on the decline of the lower orders of tech. We are raising a generation of theorists who lack the hands on tinkering skills needed to test their own theories, and discover new ones. The rubber band powered toy car launcher is such a great project for parents and kids to try together. *WARNING: general complaint follows* My only gripe about Make ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Get ready for the coolest issue of MAKE. Our special kids issue is filled with exciting and fun projects to make your weekend or science fair a blast. Hydrogen rockets, catapults, electric animals, chemical batteries, flying bird automatons, and more await you in the pages of MAKE: Volume 20! MAKE continues to be a leader in the tech DIY movement due to its uncanny instinct to engage the curiosity, vitality, and passion of the growing community of Makers -- DIY enthusiasts, hobbyist engineers/designers,...more