{"product_id":"9781571107800","title":"Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRead-i-cide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReading 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 new book, Kelly Gallagher suggests, however, that it is time to recognize a new and significant contributor to the death of reading: our schools.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Readicide, \u003c\/i\u003eKelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading. Specifically, he contends that the standard instructional practices used in most schools are killing reading by:\u003cbr\u003e·         valuing the development of test-takers over the development of lifelong readers;\u003cbr\u003e·         mandating breadth over depth in instruction;\u003cbr\u003e·         requiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support;\u003cbr\u003e·         insisting that students focus solely on academic texts;\u003cbr\u003e·         drowning great books with sticky notes, double-entry journals, and marginalia;\u003cbr\u003e·         ignoring the importance of developing recreational reading; and\u003cbr\u003e·         losing sight of authentic instruction in the shadow of political pressures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKelly doesn’t settle for only identifying the problems. \u003ci\u003eReadicide\u003c\/i\u003e provides teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in reading—steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stenhouse Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050377920752,"sku":"9781571107800","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571107800_p0.jpg?v=1763795552","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571107800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}