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Why Johnny still can't read : a new look at the scandal of our schools /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper & Row, �1981.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 191 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 006014842X
  • 9780060148423
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Why Johnny still can't read.DDC classification:
  • 372.4/145 19
LOC classification:
  • LB1573 .F552 1981
Other classification:
  • 5,3
Contents:
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."

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."

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