Why cant U teach me 2 read? : three students and a mayor put our schools to the test / Beth Fertig.
2009
LB1050.5 .F46 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Why cant U teach me 2 read? : three students and a mayor put our schools to the test / Beth Fertig.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780374299057 (alk. paper)
0374299056 (alk. paper)
0374299056 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Language
English
Description
vi, 354 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
LB1050.5 .F46 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
372.4309747/1
Summary
Fertig tells the inspiring, heartbreaking stories of three young people as they struggle to learn to read before it is too late. At the same time, the author tells a story of great change in schools as teachers and parents question the meaning of education as never before.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-351).
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Table of Contents
Fall : three students, a city, and the quest to read
Winter : learning to read and reading to learn
Spring : inputs and outcomes.
Winter : learning to read and reading to learn
Spring : inputs and outcomes.