RE: reading intervention program for middle school / professional books I just returned from Teachers College Reading Institute - and Kylene Beers was one of the keynote speakers. She is an articulate and passionate advocate for struggling middle and high school readers. She strongly believes that "these" kids need, want and deserve exactly what all readers do - time to read books at their level, support, and engagement (i.e. balanced literary). Beers is adamant that scripted reading programs lead to the "segregation of intellectual rigor that is as shameful and harmful as segregation by color." It is her assertion that social inequitities such as the healthcare gap, poverty gap, technology gap, wage-earning gap, nutrition gap, etc. re what need fixing.
Read: *When Kids Can't Read What Teachers Can Do*, Beers Meg _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
