The Literacy Crisis False Claims Real Solutions
“Are you disturbed by endless claims about the "crisis" in beginning reading and the need to teach sounds and skills to solve it? . . . Want "real solutions"? Then read this book!”–Gerald Coles, Author of The Learning Mystique“McQuillan offers all the evidence needed to stop the silly reading wars, if the generals will only READ IT.”–Jim Trelease, Author of The Read Aloud Handbook“This book is a "must have" resource for any administrator . . . Research citations and rebuttals are worth the price of admission to this publication.”–Judie Thelen“This is the clearest argument for the absolute necessity of engaging children in literate activity - reading and writing - since Frank Smith's Understanding Reading was published twenty-five years ago.”–Richard Allington, Author of No Quick Fix“[This book] is without question one of the most important books on literacy ever written..”–Stephen Krashen, Author of Every Person a Reader