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Title:
Marketing fear in America's public schools : the real war on literacy / edited by Leslie Poynor and Paula Wolfe.
Publisher:
L. Erlbaum Associates,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xi, 207 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Education and state--United States.
Politics and education--United States.
Conservatism--United States.
Mass media and education--United States.
Other Authors:
Poynor, Leslie.
Wolfe, Paula M.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / Paula Wolfe and Leslie Poynor -- Relatively speaking: McCarthyism and teacher-resisters / Carole Edelsky -- The push of the pendulum / Bess Altwerger -- Who gets to play? How and why reading researchers were left out of the No Child Left Behind Act / Sharon Matthews -- Warning: current federal education policy may be hazardous to your health / Steve Strauss -- Making whole language disappear: how the National Reading Panel worked its magic / Joanne Yatvin -- Phonics, literalism, and futuristic fiction: religious fundamentalism and education policy / Ellen Brinkley and Constance Weaver -- Not in the script: the missing discourses of parents, students, and teachers about success for all / Kyle D. Shanton and Teresa C. Valenzuela -- Unelected policymakers: conservative think tanks and education / Eric Haas -- Bilinguaphobia in the new millennium / Chris Faltis and Cathy Coulter -- Cracks in the wall? Initiating actions against federal policy / Richard J. Meyer ... [et al.] -- Where do we go from here? / Leslie Poynor and Paula Wolfe.
ISBN:
9780805847048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0805847049 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780805847031 (cloth : alk. paper)
0805847030 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)55633933
LCCN:
2004050672
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

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