Leaving Johnny Behind
Overcoming Barriers to Literacy and Reclaiming At-Risk Readers
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching
| Author: | Anthony Pedriana | ISBN: | 9781607099147 |
| Publisher: | R&L Education | Publication: | October 16, 2010 |
| Imprint: | R&L Education | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anthony Pedriana |
| ISBN: | 9781607099147 |
| Publisher: | R&L Education |
| Publication: | October 16, 2010 |
| Imprint: | R&L Education |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
