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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bishop, Rudine Sims – Journal of Children's Literature, 2012
As a doctoral student at Wayne State University in Detroit, the author taught, along with a few other doctoral students, some of the undergraduate courses in children's literature. One year in the early 1970s, they graduate student-instructors were recruited as helpers at a book fair. Among the books to be displayed was a set of children's books,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, African American Children, Graduate Students, Social Influences
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Bishop, Rudine Sims – Journal of Children's Literature, 1998
Argues that in literacy learning and teaching, what children read matters as much as how they learn to read. Suggests that literacy can be a source of power and a source of hope. (RS)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literacy