Reading Lessons

A provocative analysis of a hotly disputed often politicized topic.How children are taught to read and how well they learn are perennially difficult issues in the United States. In this hard-hitting study Gerald Coles argues that the very terms of today''s arguments about learning are flawed. He urges Americans to worry about the best ways to teach reading-not a single best way-and about how politics economics and power in our unequal society affect our children''s ability to read.