Readicide - How School Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It

Kelly Gallagher; Richard Allington (Foreword by)

Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline--poverty, second-language issues, and the ever-exp...