Big brother and the national reading curriculum : how ideology trumped evidence / Richard L. Allington, author/editor.

Other author Allington, Richard L.
Format Book
Publication InfoPortsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2002.
Descriptionviii, 304 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Troubling times : a short historical perspective / Richard L. Allington -- The National Reading Panel report : a review / James W. Cunningham -- Why the National Reading Panel's recommendations are not enough / Michael Pressley ... [et al.] -- Beyond the smoke and mirrors / Elaine M. Garan -- More smoke and mirrors / Stephen Krashen -- Babes in the woods / Joanne Yatvin -- Can teachers and policy makers learn to talk to one another? / Cathy A. Toll -- The politics of phonics / Frances R.A. Paterson -- Decodable text in beginning reading / Richard L. Allington ; Haley Woodside-Jiron -- Explicit and systematic teaching of reading : a new slogan? / Brian Cambourne -- The will of the people / Jacqueline Edmondson ; Patrick Shannon -- Accelerating in the wrong direction / Richard L. Allington -- Why we don't need a national reading methodology / Richard L. Allington.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002009620
ISBN0325005133 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks LB1050 .B52 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold