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Book SynopsisNearly forty percent of all fourth graders in this country cannot read at grade level, and this number rises to sixty percent for children coming from poor families. This gap in learning increases as students go through grade school and is a primary reason for school failure. Ironically, this problem comes even after comprehensive research demonstrates that nearly all children can learn to read if taught using proven-effective instruction. Here, the authors describe the principles of this research in language that non-educators can understand and educators can use. It discusses how to recognize whether the research on reading is being used appropriately, and if not, how to make that happen. Through the eyes of parents and educators who have succeeded in their own struggles to change the educational system, the book provides the reader with the tools and knowledge for transforming the way reading is taught in their children''s classrooms. This book takes the reader step-by-step through
Table of ContentsForeword - Carol Hampton Rasco Preface - Richard W. Riley Acknowledgments Introduction - Phyllis Blaunstein, Reid Lyon, and Patrick Riccards Part I: Beating the Odds 1 The Crisis in Our Classrooms - Phyllis Blaunstein, Reid Lyon, and Patrick Riccards 2 Armed With the Facts: The Science of Reading and Its Implications for Teaching - Sally E. Shaywitz, MD, and Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD 3 I Could Not Read Until I Was 30 Years Old - Diane Badgley Lyon 4 A Parent’s Journey - Teresa Ankney 5 A Parent’s Pressure Cooker - Norma Garza Part II: Changing the Odds 6 When a Whole State Fails to Measure Up: One Grandmother’s Fight - Marion Joseph 7 Pulling Back the Curtain: Successfully Working With the Media - Patrick Riccards 8 You Can Do It! How to Change Laws to Better Educate Children - Richard Long 9 Johnson Elementary School: A Transformed School - Benjamin T. Sayeski 10 The Last Word - Phyllis Blaunstein, Reid Lyon, and Patrick Riccards Appendixes A What Is Scientifically Based Reading Research? B How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One? - Laura Bush C Advice to a Teacher of Beginning Reading - Sara M. Porter D Tools for Parents - Patrick Riccards E Common Core State Standards Glossary Resources References About the Contributors
