Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It

by Kelly Gallagher and Richard L. Allington

Book Overview

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-expanding choices of electronic entertainment. In this provocative book Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It, author...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571107800
• ISBN13: 9781571107800
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Great Teaching Resource!

Everything by Kelly Gallagher is a fantastic teaching resource! But this specific text, is a fantastic job of problematizing the hatred of reading for many students that ends up stemming from the American Public School system. This book gets educators thinking about how to cultivate life long readers starting in their classroom. I highly recommend this read for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to know how to encourage reluctant readers without killing their drive for learning.