The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk

Armstrong, Alison; Casement, Charles

ISBN 10: 1589040058 / ISBN 13: 9781589040052

Published by Gryphon House, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk
• Publisher: Gryphon House
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589040058
• ISBN 13: 9781589040052
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk
In Los Angeles, the Kittridge Street Elementary School eliminated its music program to hire a technology coordinator. A Virginia school turned its art room into a computer laboratory. In the United States, a record $6.5 billion was spent on educational technology for the 1998-99 school year, while funding for music, arts, and other specialty areas continues to shrink. Stubbornly, nearly every measure of our children's educational performance refuses to rise. Drawing from hundreds of school visits, studies, and expert interviews, The Child and the Machine paints a compelling picture of how our uncritical rush to use computers in schools has led to one of the most expensive and least helpful revolutions in the history of American education.

About the Author

Gryphon House, Inc. is an award-winning publisher of resource books for parents and teachers of children from birth through age eight. Developmentally appropriate and easy-to-use, Gryphon House books provide parents and teachers with the tools they need to bring the joy of learning to young children.