2008, ISBN: 9780307381286

Osceola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Motorbooks Intl. As New. 1993. First Edition. Glossy Soft Cover. 0879388242 Oversized 96pp including index Full color gallery of classic American farm tract… Meer...

Osceola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Motorbooks Intl. As New. 1993. First Edition. Glossy Soft Cover. 0879388242 Oversized 96pp including index Full color gallery of classic American farm tractors including John Deere, Farmall, Case, Ford, Allis-Chalmers, Oliver, Massey, Minneapolis-Moline, Waterloo Boy, orphans Includes make and model history, specification, and technical notes ., Motorbooks Intl, 1993, 5, London: Lutterworth Periodicals, 1960. 104 pp. Digest format. General wear; no interior markings. Ghostly haunted marsh cover art by Robert Hodgson. This issue contains: STORIES: The Haunted Marsh by Geoffrey Morgan; Flashback by C. T. Stoneham; The Mushroom God - part one of six by David Roberts; The Concerto by S. C. George. ARTICLES: Christmas Record Party by Harold Haywood; Make Your Own Model Electric Racing Car by D. J. Laidlaw-Dickson; The Springboks Are World Champions - anonymous; Taking Photos When It's Cloudy-Bright by George L. Wakefield; and Ghost Hunting on a Bike by Ronald English; along with all the usual features.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Robert Hodgson;. 12mo., Lutterworth Periodicals, 1960, 3, New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2008-09-09. New. From the moment they step into the classroom, boys begin to struggle They get expelled from preschool nearly five times more often than girls; in elementary school, they're diagnosed with learning disorders four times as often By eighth grade huge numbers are reading below basic level And by high school, they're heavily outnumbered in AP classes and, save for the realm of athletics, show indifference to most extra­curricular activities Perhaps most alarmingly, boys now account for less than 43 percent of those enrolled in college, and the gap widens every semester!The imbalance in higher education isn't just a "boy problem," though Boys' decreasing college attendance is bad news for girls, too, because ad­missions officers seeking balanced student bodies pass over girls in favor of boys The growing gender imbalance in education portends massive shifts for the next generation: how much they make and whom they marry Interviewing hundreds of parents, kids, teachers, and experts, award-winning journalist Peg Tyre drills below the eye-catching statistics to examine how the educational system is failing our sons She explores the convergence of culprits, from the emphasis on high-stress academics in preschool and kindergarten, when most boys just can't tolerate sitting still, to the outright banning of recess, from the demands of No Child Left Behind, with its rigid emphasis on test-taking, to the boy-unfriendly modern curriculum with its focus on writing about "feelings" and its purging of "high-action" reading material, from the rise of video gaming and schools' unease with technology to the lack of male teachers as role modelsBut this passionate, clearheaded book isn't an exercise in finger-pointing Tyre, the mother of two sons, offers notes from the front linesthe testimony of teachers and other school officials who are trying new techniques to motivate boys to learn again, one classroom at a time The Trouble with Boys gives parents, educators, and anyone concerned about the state of education a manifesto for changeone we must undertake right away lest school be-come, for millions of boys, unalterably a "girl thing" 320 pp, Crown Publishing Group, 2008-09-09, 6<