Smart Answers to Tough Questions: What to Say When You're Asked About Fluency, Phonics, Grammar, Vocabulary, SSR, Tests, Support for ELLs, and More
An indispensable guide for classroom teachers, literacy coaches,  administrators, and teacher educators, Smart Answers to Tough Questions  addresses today's most pressing issues in language, literacy, teaching, and  learning--in conversational language and areader-friendly format. The  questions are real ones, some posed by educators themselves, and others  frequently addressed to educators by parents, administrators, and the  media. Each tough question is followed by a research-based "Bottom-Line  Answer" that is drawn from government reports, stripped of jargon, and  translated into clear, accessible prose.This essential desktop reference  is a rich resource for grant writing, school newsletters, back-to-school  nights, and presentations to the school board. Each section in the book can  also serve as the outline for workshops and reading methods courses. In  addition, Garan includes 100+ invaluable research quotes that are  downloadable from the Web.