Organizing for Literacy Achievement: Using School Governance To Improve Classroom Practice.

Wohlstetter, Priscilla; Malloy, Courtney L.

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ERIC Number: EJ634051

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Publication Date: 2001

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Organizing for Literacy Achievement: Using School Governance To Improve Classroom Practice.

Wohlstetter, Priscilla; Malloy, Courtney L.

Education and Urban Society, v34 n1 p42-65 Nov 2001

Links current research on effective reading instruction with current theory and research on school governance and reform, beginning with an overview of historical approaches to reading curriculum and instruction and presenting current research on effective early literacy practices for K-3 students. Concludes with a discussion about school organization and policy issues that can support reading instruction. Contains references.(SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Literacy Education, Poverty, Reading Instruction, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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