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Readicide : How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It by Kelly Gallagher (2009, Book, Other)

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PublisherStenhouse Publishers
ISBN-101571107800
ISBN-139781571107800
eBay Product ID (ePID)71838521

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Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameReadicide : How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectReading Skills, General, Literacy
TypeNot Available
AuthorKelly Gallagher
Subject AreaReference, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatBook, Other

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Item Weight9.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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LCCN2008-040694
Reviews" Readicide is an intriguing look at many possible solutions to the problem of the decline of reading in American schools." - Midwest Book Review, "Rather than dwelling on the problem, Gallagher centers on explaining concrete ways schools can improve literature teaching, focusing on comprehension and producing lifelong readers." - Catholic Library World, "Those with a vested interest in the education of American youth--in other words, everyone who has reached the age of reason--should read this book and share it with others." - American School Board Journal
Grade FromKindergarten
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisReading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline--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., Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools., Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline--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. 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: - valuing the development of test-takers over the development of lifelong readers; - mandating breadth over depth in instruction; - requiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support; - insisting that students focus solely on academic texts; - drowning great books with sticky notes, double-entry journals, and marginalia; - ignoring the importance of developing recreational reading; and - losing sight of authentic instruction in the shadow of political pressures. Kelly doesn't settle for only identifying the problems. Readicide provides teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in reading--steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers.
LC Classification NumberLB1050.G25 2009

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  • by wattlesanne
    26 May, 2016

    Good for new teachers

    I have been teaching for over 20 years. This book is probably very useful to a new teacher, but there really wasn't anything in the book that I haven't heard many times before. I believe the book was very relevant when it was first published. I no longer teach students who can read, but just really dislike reading. I now teach many students who not only dislike reading, but can barely read, so most novels are impossible to teach without what Mr. Gallagher calls, "overteaching."

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