Literacy as Snake Oil : Beyond the Quick Fix

This revised edition of Literacy as Snake Oil further investigates and critiques the commodification of literacy and education. Since the publication of the first edition, schools in the U.S. have been targeted even more as a market for private com

Joanne Larson is Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education and Chair of the Teaching and Curriculum pro-gram at the University of Rochester's Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

In sheep's clothing : uncovering the wolf	p. 1
Reading and language development : beyond limited perspectives	p. 9
Forging "facts" to fit an explanation : how to make reading research support skills-emphasis instruction	p. 27
Literacy packages in practice : constructing academic disadvantage	p. 49
Success guaranteed literacy programs : I don't buy it!	p. 73
Fattening frogs for snakes : virtues for sale	p. 91
"Sameness as fairness" : the new tonic of equality and opportunity	p. 109
The national literacy strategy in England : contradictions of control and creativity	p. 123
Complex literacy landscapes : veiled meanings and contested identities	p. 155
Digging up the family tree : America's forced choice	p. 171
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Literacy as Snake Oil : Beyond the Quick Fix Revised Edition

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