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ERIC Number: EJ559411
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
Commentary on a Critique.
Johnston, Peter
Reading Teacher, v51 n4 p282-85 Dec-Jan 1997-1998
Reflects on issues presented in C. Dudley-Marling and S. Murphy's critique of Reading Recovery, published in this journal's March 1997 issue. Argues that their critique is paralyzing because it could be used against any successful social or educational program. Argues that educators cannot afford to become paralyzed but must continue to make a difference within existing power structures. (SR)
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Politics of Education, Reading Programs, Remedial Reading, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Institutional Discrimination; Reading Recovery Projects
Note: See CS 753 666 for C. Dudley-Marling and S. Murphy's article "A Political Critique of Remedial Reading Programs: The Example of Reading Recovery."