| Perspectives on Rescuing Urban Literacy Education: Spies, Saboteurs, and Saints Contributor(s): Cooter, Robert B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805842896 ISBN-13: 9780805842890 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Explores the variables involved in bringing about systematic change to improve literacy instruction in large urban school districts from the perspectives of various participants who are stakeholders in the process. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Language Experience Approach - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics |
| Dewey: 372.409 |
| LCCN: 2002192826 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Physical Information: 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Perspectives on Rescuing Urban Literacy Education: Spies, Saboteurs, and Saints is an exploration of the variables that contribute to the improvement of literacy instruction in large urban school districts. The book grows out of a five-year initiative known as The Dallas Reading Plan--a $50 million collaborative effort between area business and corporate interests, philanthropy, and the Dallas Independent School District. Audiences include university professors and graduate students in reading/literacy education, educational leadership, special education, urban studies, and change management theory, school board members, business and community leaders, classroom teachers, parents, and those concerned with the status of literacy education in urban settings. |