With all the talk of failing schools these days, we often forget that schools can fail their brightest students too. Gifted children forced into a "one size fits all" approach to schooling find themselves bored or frustrated, which can lead to underachievement, behavioral problems, or depression. Without sufficient challenges and resources, say Jan and Bob Davidson, America's brightest young minds languish, never reaching their full potential. Society can't afford that loss. In Genius Denied, the Davidsons -- founders of a nonprofit institute that provides assistance to gifted...
With all the talk of failing schools these days, we often forget that schools can fail their brightest students too. Gifted children forced into a "on...
Mountain Homespun will be of special interest to those studying southern Appalachian handicrafts, the 1890s handicraft revival, and northern Protestant missionary work in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. North Carolina Historical Review Mountain Homespun is much more than a memoir. It offers unrivaled specific information on the processes of mountain crafts not only on weaving, spinning, and dyeing, the author s primary interest, but also on basketry, quilting, and other pursuits. All in all, the book is an important publishing event. Berea College Newsletter This is a...
Mountain Homespun will be of special interest to those studying southern Appalachian handicrafts, the 1890s handicraft revival, and northern Prote...
