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This is a book about the struggles over reforming reading instruction and the corresponding effort to improve reading achievement in the United States over the last seven decades.



Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Teaching Reading 1955-1983: Instructional Disputes, Federal Involvement, and the Roots of Reform

Chapter 3: Experiences: Teaching Reading in Urban and Rural Settings, 1968-1978

Chapter 4: Teaching Reading 1983-2008: Reading Policy Takes Center Stage

Chapter 5: Experiences: A Thirty-Year Career in Teacher Education, 1983-2013

Chapter 6: Policy and the Personal: What We Learned from Seven Decades of Reading Instruction and Reform

References

About the Authors

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: 1/20/2021 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781475863918, 978-1475863918
      ISBN10: 1475863918

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is a book about the struggles over reforming reading instruction and the corresponding effort to improve reading achievement in the United States over the last seven decades.



      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      Chapter 2: Teaching Reading 1955-1983: Instructional Disputes, Federal Involvement, and the Roots of Reform

      Chapter 3: Experiences: Teaching Reading in Urban and Rural Settings, 1968-1978

      Chapter 4: Teaching Reading 1983-2008: Reading Policy Takes Center Stage

      Chapter 5: Experiences: A Thirty-Year Career in Teacher Education, 1983-2013

      Chapter 6: Policy and the Personal: What We Learned from Seven Decades of Reading Instruction and Reform

      References

      About the Authors

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