Reading for profit
Subtitle: how the bottom line leaves kids behind
By: edited by Bess Altwerger
Contributors: Altwerger, Bess
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Business and education -- United States; Reading (Elementary) -- United States; English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Reading For Profit: A Corporate Coup in Context / Bess Altwerger; title: The Business Behind Mandated Reading Programs; title: Heads They Win; Tails We Lose / Carole Edelsky and Randy Bomer; title: The Educational-Industrial Complex / Elaine Garan; title: The Battle for the Classroom / Steven L. Strauss; title: Follow the Money: Reading First Grants in Pennsylvania / Patrick Shannon and Jacqueline Edmondson; title: Scientific Research on "Scientifically-based" Reading Programs; title: Scripted Reading Instruction: Help or Hindrance? / Robert Land and Margaret Moustafa; title: The Influence of Decodable Texts on Readers' Strategies / Prisca Martens and Yetta Goodman; title: Invisible Teacher/Invisible Children: The Company Line / Rick Meyer; title: Basal Reading Programs and the Culture of Literacy / Nancy Jordan; title: An Open Look at the Open Court Program / Barbara Laster, Poonam Arya, and Lijun Jin-Study; title: Teachers' Perspectives on Open Court / Kathryn Davies Samway and Lucinda Pease-Alvarez; title: The Rich Get Richer; The Poor Get Direct Instruction / Curt Dudley-Marling and Pat Paugh; title: The Impact of Reading Mastery on Children's Reading / Patricia Wilson and Nancy Wiltz; title: Reading for Profit or Reading For Children?; title: First Do No Harm: Teachers' Reactions to Mandating Reading Mastery / Nancy Shelton; title: "Gracias por la oportunidad, pero voy a buscar otro trabajo..." ("Thanks for the opportunity but I'll be looking for another job"): A Beginning Teacher Resists High-stakes Curriculum / Nadeen Ruiz and Lorena Morales; title: Proven Programs, Profits, and Practice: Ten Unprofitable but Scientific Strategies for Improving Reading Achievement / Richard L. Allington; title: Honor Thy Teachers / Joanne Yatvin; title: The Power of Literature Discussion / Karen Brown