Why Kids Can''t Read - Challenging the Status Quo in Education

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Phyllis Blaunstein and Reid Lyon Klappentext This book takes the reader step-by-step through an understanding of the research on reading and ways in which parents and educators can make a difference in the learning ability of every student in our nation's schools. Zusammenfassung This book takes the reader step-by-step through an understanding of the research on reading and ways in which parents and educators can make a difference in the learning ability of every student in our nation's schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 Part I: Beating the Odds Chapter 4 The Crisis in Our Classrooms Chapter 5 Armed with the Facts: The Science of Reading and Its Implications for Teachers Chapter 6 I Could Not Read Until I Was 30 Years Old Chapter 7 A Parent's Journey Chapter 8 A Parent's Pressure Cooker Part 9 Part II: Changing the Odds Chapter 10 When a Whole State Fails to Measure Up: One Grandmother's Fight for Phonics Chapter 11 Pulling Back the Curtain: Successfully Working With the Media Chapter 12 You Can Do It! How to Change Laws to Better Educate Children Chapter 13 Team Up With Teachers Chapter 14 Johnson Elementary School: A Transformed School Chapter 15 Hartsfield Elementary School: The Story of a Turnaround Chapter 16 The Last Word Part 17 Appendix A: What Is Scientifically Based Reading Research Part 18 Appendix B: How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One? Part 19 Appendix C: Advice to a Teacher of Beginning Reading Part 20 Apendix D: Tools for Parents

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• Authors: Phyllis Blaunstein, Phyllis (EDT)/ Lyon Blaunstein, Phyllis Lyon Blaunstein
• Assisted by: Phyllis Blaunstein (Editor), Blaunstein Phyllis (Editor), Reid Lyon (Editor), Lyon Reid (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9781578863815
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-381-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy