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Readicide - Preview book online

How Schools are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Readicide by Kelly Gallagher

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"Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. - In Readicide, Kelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading. Specifically, he contends that the standard instructional practices used in most schools are killing reading"

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