Reading for Profit
How the Bottom Line Leaves Kids Behind
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-325-00792-2 (ISBN)
Description
Lead your practice, your school, or your district toward a return to professionalism and away from faceless literacy programs designed with dividends in mind.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Portsmouth
United States
Publishing group
Heinemann USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-325-00792-2 (9780325007922)
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Bess Altwerger is the author or editor of three books with Heinemann: ReReading Fluency (2007), Reading for Profit (2005), and Whole Language: What's the Difference? (1990). She is Professor of Elementary Education and Graduate Reading at Towson University. Bess has worked to develop critical literacy pedagogies that prepare students to build a more just, democratic, and sustainable future. Her current activies are devoted to transforming repressive literacy policies, reprofessionalizing teaching, and returning joy to classrooms.