National Standards On Technology Education Released

Building towers out of toothpicks and glue, and then destroying them, might not sound like an assignment that belongs in a "technology" class.

But that's what Steve Mikulski, a technology teacher at Roberto W. Clemente Middle School in Germantown, Md., is asking his 6th graders to do.

"We're going to put them in this machine and smash them," Mr. Mikulski said, pointing to the...

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