“I am not simply teaching the reading I am teaching the reader. ”
“I am not simply teaching the reading I am teaching the reader. ”
Kelly Gallagher
“...Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good books in our students' hands? Shouldn't this be a front-burner issue at all times?”
Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It“I am not simply teaching the reading I am teaching the reader. ”
Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It“What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?”
Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It“What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading what it really means is that the school intensely focuses on raising state-mandated reading test scores- the kind of reading our students will rarely, if ever, do in adulthood.”
Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It“To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.”
Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About ItAll in One Creative & Marketing Platform to tell stories at scale
