Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Why Johnny still can't read :

Flesch, Rudolf, 1911-1986.

Why Johnny still can't read : a new look at the scandal of our schools / - 1st ed. - New York : Harper & Row, �1981. - xxii, 191 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Johnny still can't read -- History of a gimmick -- Look-and-say exposed -- The great coverup -- The ten alibis -- "Everything is hunky-dory" -- "We do teach phonics" -- "No one method is best" -- "English isn't phonetic" -- "Word calling isn't reading" -- "Your child isn't ready" -- "Your child is disabled" -- "It's the parents' fault" -- "Too much TV" -- "We now teach all children."

006014842X 9780060148423

80008686


Reading--Phonetic method.
Lecture (Enseignement primaire)--M�ethode phon�etique.
Reading--Phonetic method.

LB1573 / .F552 1981

372.4/145