Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Quantity and Quality: Increasing the Volume and Complexity of Students’ Reading

Review by Adrienne Chasteen Snow Author: Sandra Wilde ISBN: 978-0-325-04796-6 Publisher: Heinemann Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers and Reading/Literacy Specialists, Coaches, and Consultants Protected time for reading and literacy instruction is a norm in most public elementary schools, Language Arts has traditionally gotten…

BOOK REVIEW: Uncommon Core: Where the Authors of the Standards Go Wrong About Instruction-and How You Can Get It Right

Reviewed by Agnes Burns Authors: Michael W. Smith, Deborah Appleman, and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm ISBN: 978-1-4833-3352-6 Publisher: Corwin Literacy Audience:  Educators, Administrators, and Curriculum Specialists at the Secondary Level Educators are familiar with the confusion and controversies that have surrounded…