Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do

Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
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Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.
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Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the declineâ€”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.
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In Readicide, Kelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading. Specifically, he contends that the standard instructional practices used in most schools are killing reading by:
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â valuing the development of test-takers over the development of lifelong readers;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mandating breadth over depth in instruction;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â requiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â insisting that students focus solely on academic texts;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â drowning great books with sticky notes, double-entry journals, and marginalia;
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ignoring the importance of developing recreational reading; and
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â losing sight of authentic instruction in the shadow of political pressures.
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Kelly doesnâ€™t settle for only identifying the problems. Readicide provides teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in readingâ€”steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers.
Country USA
Brand Stenhouse Publishers
Manufacturer Routledge
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781571107800
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
UPCs 884320628812
EANs 8601401089858
ReleaseDate 2009-01-28

Country	USA
Brand	Stenhouse Publishers
Manufacturer	Routledge
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781571107800
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
UPCs	884320628812
EANs	8601401089858
ReleaseDate	2009-01-28

Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

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