{"product_id":"book-k3hi","title":"Readicide","description":"\u003cb\u003eRead-i-cide\u003c\/b\u003e n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reading 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. In \u003ci\u003eReadicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It\u003c\/i\u003e, Kelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Specifically, he contends that the standard instructional practices used in most schools are killing reading by: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eValuing the development of test-takers over the development of lifelong readers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMandating breadth over depth in instruction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRequiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInsisting that students focus solely on academic texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDrowning great books with sticky notes, double-entry journals, and marginalia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIgnoring the importance of developing recreational reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLosing sight of authentic instruction in the shadow of political pressures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ©2009 Kelly Gallagher. Produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397578891568,"sku":"BDk3hi","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/670630-k3hi-Square.jpg?v=1735477832","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k3hi","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}