Readicide how schools are killing reading and what you can do about it

Gallagher, Kelly 1958- (Author). Allington, Richard L. (Added Author).

Summary: Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline--poverty, second-language issues, and the ever-expanding choices of electronic entertainment. In this provocative new book, Kelly Gallagher suggests, however, that it is time to recognize a new and significant contributor to the death of reading: our schools. In Readicide, Kelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading.

Record details

ISBN: 9781571108289 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1571108289 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1571107800 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781571107800 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (x, 150 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-142) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The elephant in the room -- Endangered minds -- Avoiding the tsunami -- Finding the "sweet spot" of instruction -- Ending readicide.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.