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BL
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994596
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b748966
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| Main Entry
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McCabe, James,1948-
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| Title & Author
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The wasted years : : American youth, race, and the literacy gap /\ James McCabe.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Scarecrow Press,, 2003.
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| Page. NO
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xviii, 299 pages :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0810847140
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: 9780810847149
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| Notes
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"A ScarecrowEducation book."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and index.
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| Contents
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Xeroxed worksheets, withheld textbooks, wealthy PTA's and classroom libraries -- Chancellor Rudy Crew and a new literacy initiative -- "Are they worried I am going to steal?" -- What drives current literacy practices in high schools? -- Can new experimental high schools socialize teenagers at the beginning of high school? -- What are teenagers being asked to read -- Are suburban schools closing the reading gap: the experiences of one suburban county in Maryland 101 -- Alternatives-communicating with parents -- The California experience: can standards lift the state's public schools off the bottom? -- Improving the capacity of teachers-the experiences of three states -- What does the research say about reading? -- Private school literacy practices -- Successful practitioners and the quality of reading -- The fork in the road and volume of reading -- Summer reading: what should be done? -- Can we have a crumb from the table? parents as supplicants in the political process -- The political position of teachers -- Loosely latched doors and teacher training -- Is state intervention effective? failed schools and state intervention in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and California -- The lure of investing new money into old environments: the New York State experience of 1984 to the present -- Measuring reading programs: what should the researchers be doing? -- Clinton to the rescue? -- What about the Republicans?
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| Abstract
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This work includes the voices of practitioners and researchers in an attempt to identify the factors that are perpetuating the literacy gap in American secondary schools. Topics include the deprofessionalization of teachers, and the socialization of teachers.
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Literacy-- Government policy-- United States.
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Minorities-- Education (Secondary)-- United States.
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Reading (Secondary)-- United States.
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Literacy-- Government policy.
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Minorities-- Education (Secondary)
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Reading (Secondary)
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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379.2/4/0973
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| LC Classification
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LC151.M274 2003
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