Commentary: What Happened to High-School Shop Classes?
Daily Journal of Commerce › November 04, 2009
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Last month, while making my way through Lincoln High School at back-to-school night, I bumped into Jim Parr (LHS '73). We were next to a room marked "Drafting," but there wasn't a drafting board (or a CAD computer) to be seen. Jim was having a bit of trouble navigating the school because the wood shop, metal shop, electrical shop and the drafting room that he had known all were gone.
Later that week, at a monthly meeting for parents, a discussion arose about how to position the school for the future. Much was made of art and academic programs, but shop classes weren't even on anyone's radar screen.See the full content of this document
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Commentary: What Happened to High-School Shop Classes?
The importance of high-school shop classes has been lost, especially in schools that deliver a significant percentage of the...
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