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From Chalkboards to Computers: How Schools Have Changed
32 pp.
| Lerner |
August, 2011 |
LibraryISBN 978-0-7613-6744-4$25.26
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K-3Lightning Bolt Books: Comparing Past and Present series.
Boothroyd provides simple then-and-now examinations of schools. It's a kid-friendly approach, but the comparisons are cursory, and the examples are dumbed-down ("Computers help us learn new things." "These days, some people call cafeterias lunchrooms"). Stock photos show present-day people (in color) and past people (in black and white) learning. Mini-biographies are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.