false 847363 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 847363 1 832878 13 2 2007 Reading Against Democracy: The Broken Promises of Reading Instruction total:2|5:1|4:1| 2 9 8 1 309333 4.09 11 4 11717684 746051 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 0 0 false Sat Jan 05 11:43:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 14 12:45:44 -0700 2008 79874881 83325 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 09:48:48 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 09:48:48 -0800 2009 52816695 2036886 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 0 0 false Wed Apr 15 15:11:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 15:11:00 -0700 2009 31369664 1455428 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 5 0 false Wed Aug 27 15:47:03 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:47:03 -0700 2008 30786169 1372018 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 0 0 false Thu Aug 21 09:07:46 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:07:48 -0700 2008 18394305 79563 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 0 0 false Sat Mar 22 14:10:17 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 14:10:17 -0700 2008 11645983 339973 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 0 0 false Fri Jan 04 12:24:44 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 12:24:53 -0800 2008 2158387 141594 847363 0325009767 9780325009766 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178860763m/847363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847363.Reading_Against_Democracy_The_Broken_Promises_of_Reading_Instruction 4.50 2 Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, “How did it come to this?”s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense.</div><div align="right"> - Randy and Katherine Bomer</div><div align="right">Authors of For a Better World</div><div>s</div><div>Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the “big picture” of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's educational landscape.</div><div align="right"> - Frank Serafini</div><div align="right">Author of Lessons in Comprehension</div><div>s</div><div>This book is certain to inspire educators who are discouraged by recent developments to continue their work for equity, humanity, and social justice in our schools. It reminds us that we do not stand alone, but that there are, and there will continue to be, scores of dedicated educators seeking humane and thoughtful ways of helping children to learn.</div><div align="right"> - Catherine Compton-Lilly</div><div align="right">Author of Confronting, Racism, Poverty, and Power</div><div>s</div><div>Patrick Shannon's Broken Promises was hailed by Language Arts as one of nine seminal references on literacy and inequality in education. But so much has changed, and worsened, since its publication that instead of revising his classic Shannon has written an almost entirely new book. The result, Reading Against Democracy, is Shannon's fully documented, up to date, and utterly convincing look at how businesses and political interests broke the promise that American education would teach students how to think, read, and write as citizens.</div><div>s</div><div>Shannon describes how business, government, and educational experts have consistently trumped the civic rationales for education with the economic. He explains how attempts to make instructional outcomes more predictable for business have led to a curricular formula that serves American students poorly at home as well as, ironically, in the global economy.</div><div>s</div><div>Think the goal of America's schools is to immerse students in literate behaviors so they can participate in America's rich democratic tradition? Think again. Reading Against Democracy is the book that lays out the whole story of where literacy education has gone wrong, where it's headed, and what steps we can take to make sure our children are educated like people, not trained like employees.</div>]]> 4 0 false Wed Jun 20 07:47:46 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 07:47:46 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=847363