
Teaching All the Children
Strategies for Developing Literacy in an Urban Setting
Guilford Publications (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-1-59385-007-4 (ISBN)
Description
This practical and empowering book addresses the challenges facing educators, school administrators, and families in low socio-economic status urban settings, and presents field-tested strategies for promoting reading, writing, and oral language success. Using research-based and classroom tested best practices, this book features thorough research reviews, instructional models, resources, and portraits of exemplary urban classrooms.
With contributions from some of the most esteemed figures in the literacy field, this new resource covers:
* what highly effective literacy instruction looks like in today's urban classroom
* understanding - and counteracting - the factors that put poor children at risk
* when diversity is the norm: making instruction welcoming to all
* lesson plans and lists of children's literature that meet urban students' specific needs
* keys to building strong family and community partnerships.
Providing a wealth of ideas that can readily be put into practice.
With contributions from some of the most esteemed figures in the literacy field, this new resource covers:
* what highly effective literacy instruction looks like in today's urban classroom
* understanding - and counteracting - the factors that put poor children at risk
* when diversity is the norm: making instruction welcoming to all
* lesson plans and lists of children's literature that meet urban students' specific needs
* keys to building strong family and community partnerships.
Providing a wealth of ideas that can readily be put into practice.
Reviews / Votes
Teaching All the Children focuses on one of the most urgent educational issues of our time: the literacy needs of students in urban schools. At a time when views of learning are narrowing, the volume emphasizes the ways biological, psychological, social, and structural forces interweave to construct literacy learning trajectories. The volume is ambitious in scope, tackling curricular, assessment, and instructional issues at all grade levels. The multivocal nature of the book promises to resonate with multiple audiences, making it a valuable tool for preservice teachers, practicing professionals, teacher educators, and administrators. - Alfredo J. Artiles, Peabody College, Vanderbilt UniversityTeaching All the Children captures the best of research, theory, and advocacy. Too often educational publications do not translate theory into applications for teachers, principals, and parents: this book is one of the best I have read at making the theoretical practical. The book is full of outstanding frameworks and strategies for improving schools. In Newark, we have seen the effects of these ideas translate into significant achievement gains for a growing number of our schools. I recommend this book without hesitation to superintendents, principals, teachers, parents, and community stakeholders. It is one of those rare books that should be read, reviewed, and applied throughout a school year. - Marion Bolden, Superintendent, Newark, NJ, Public Schools
So much of academic achievement stems from the belief that all students can succeed at the highest performance levels. This publication represents one of the few books that begin with data related to changing population demographics in America, and immediately provide excellent suggestions that teachers, parents, and policymakers can use to accelerate learning for all students. Rather than lowering expectations for students, the editors and authors of this dynamic book make suggestions for how all students can avoid the label of 'underperforming.' Uniquely valuable, the concepts and strategies provided here can easily be applied to suburban and rural school communities as well as urban ones. - Larry Leveritt, Superintendent, Greenwich, CT, Public Schools
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
678 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59385-007-4 (9781593850074)
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Cathy Collins Block | Eric J. Cooper | James Flood
Teaching All the Children
Strategies for Developing Literacy in an Urban Setting
Book
07/2004
1st Edition
Guilford Publications
€90.55
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Content
Part 1: Out-of-School Factors Affecting Students in Urban Schools. Part 2: In-School Factors Affecting Students in Urban Schools. Part 3: Best Schoolwide Practices That Increase Literacy Learning for Students in Urban Classrooms. Part 4: Next Steps: Classroom Practices That Increase Literacy Achievement for Every Student in an Urban School. Epilogue.