Speaking of fourth grade : what listening to kids tells us about school in America /

"Fourth grade is ground zero in the fierce debates about education reform in America. It's when kids (well, some of them) make the shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn, ' and tomes have been written about the fourth-grade year by educators, administrators,...

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Main Author: Schaenen, Inda (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The New Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Fourth grade is ground zero in the fierce debates about education reform in America. It's when kids (well, some of them) make the shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn, ' and tomes have been written about the fourth-grade year by educators, administrators, philosophers, and pundits. Now ... Inda Schaenen adds the voices of actual fourth-grade kids to the conversation"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781595589811
1595589813