Leaving Johnny Behind - Overcoming Barriers to Literacy and Reclaiming At-Risk Readers (Paperback)

In the tradition of Why Johnny Can't Read written by Rudolph Flesch in the 1950s, Leaving Johnny Behind provides a comprehensive examination of the barriers that deny children adequate literacy training. This book describes the obstacles faced by a school principal from Milwaukee's central city when he attempted to implement research-based reading practices. Upon further examination, he discovered that the reading establishment generally rejects the product of legitimate science, choosing instead to engage in a never-ending interfusion of the latest innovations, modifications, and gimmicks. This condition, Anthony Pedriana observes, has a disparate impact on poor and minorities, those who suffer from dyslexia and other forms of reading disability, and those for whom English is a second language.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Education
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Anthony Pedriana
Foreword by:	Reid Lyon
Dimensions:	232 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	202
ISBN-13:	978-1-60709-913-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of children / adults with specific learning difficulties Promotions
LSN:	1-60709-913-6
Barcode:	9781607099130

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