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Why cant U teach me 2 read? : three students and a mayor put our schools to the test
- Title
- Why cant U teach me 2 read? : three students and a mayor put our schools to the test / Beth Fertig.
- Author
- Fertig, Beth, 1966-
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-3911 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vi, 354 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Fertig tells the inspiring, heartbreaking stories of three young people as they struggle to learn to read before it is too late. At the same time, the author tells a story of great change in schools as teachers and parents question the meaning of education as never before.
- Alternative Title
- Why can't you teach me to read?
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Fall : three students, a city, and the quest to read -- Winter : learning to read and reading to learn -- Spring : inputs and outcomes.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-3911
- ISBN
- 9780374299057 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0374299056 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009011520
- OCLC
- 317697807
- Author
- Fertig, Beth, 1966-
- Title
- Why cant U teach me 2 read? : three students and a mayor put our schools to the test / Beth Fertig.
- Imprint
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-3911