Readicide: Killing the Love of Reading One Student at a Time This article is about the shortage of adolescent readers – only about one student in four – who can read and comprehend their textbooks is alarming (National Center for Education Statistics, 2005). Increasingly, research reveals that the reading skills of secondary students are substandard and significantly below expected levels (National Center for Education Statistics, 2005). In a 2007 comprehensive national survey of American reading, researchers found that time spent in reading falls off dramatically at around the age of 13 and, more often than not, continues throughout the remainder of secondary school (National Endowment for the Arts, 2007). Kelly Gallagher (Gallagher, 2009), a noted literacy expert and full-time high school English teacher, coined the term “readicide” to describe how educators are killing the love of reading which has contributed to the loss of both reading skills and the love of reading. He defines readicide as “the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools (Gallagher, 2009).” In the following article review, “Reversing Readicide,” I will briefly describe four instructional practices that Gallagher (2010) believes lead to the decline of reading, and briefly summarize suggestions for reversing those practices.
Struggling Middle School Reader: Successful, Acceleration Intervention Rosemary Papalewis Leah Sykes-Rangel ED 385 Mrs. Melissa Mainiero Sept. 24, 2010 Many students repeat the 8th grade because their reading skills are not proficient enough for them to move on. In fact, Torgeson and Burgess both agree that one child in eight who show signs of reading difficulties at the end of their first grade year rarely obtain reading skills along their current level. Teachers more than often enough are to blame. However, outside forces such as a student not attending class regularly or financial burdens also play a role as well. Whatever the case may be, reading levels are quickly declining instead of accelerating.
The courts scrutinized each case because every case had different variables which resulted in a separate and different decision. How Do School Uniforms Fit in Our Society? There are contradictory thoughts by administrators when considering school uniforms in our society. In the survey administered to 755 principals in the United States school uniforms had not even been discussed in most (75%) rural areas of our country. Forty percent of urban principals surveyed were looking at the feasibility of adopting a school uniform policy, or already had a policy in place (National Association of Elementary Principals, 2000).
Intervention Plan Students Name: Ella Age: 12 years old Gender; Female Student Profile; Ella has a learning disability that proceeded from having an extreme number of severe diabetic hypos during her foundation of early primary school years. Her diabetic hypos interfered with her ability to learn basic spelling rules and patterns, according to medical experts the brain does not function properly for several hours following a hypo. Hence, Ella’s attention span during classroom learning had been very limited to the extent of not hearing any of her teacher’s instructions. According to Ella’s school report, she doesn’t really participate much in class discussions and has difficulties in her learning ability to students in her class. McMiliian (2011) describes this as a ‘Specific learning disability” meaning a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken
Each absence without advance approval will cause 20 points deduction from Attendance/Participation. The students are responsible for any material missed when absent. Students are encouraged to actively participate in class discussion and problem solving exercises. 2) Homework and Assignment: No student has yet successfully completed this class without making a serious effort to do the assigned reading and homework on a regular basis. Any difficulties on specific problems will be reviewed the next class period.
(Acknowledgment, Notes, Reference, Index, About the Author) $39.95, ISBN 978-0-8077-5407-8 David Kirkland wanted people to understand what African American are going through on a daily base. Most blacks are seen going into school and often to prison. They are suspend from school more often than a white student and for longer period of time. David voice how in 2003 70 percent of Black 4th grade boys read below the level, compared to 27 percent of White children. Black males perform more poorly on literacy test than do other students.
Even though in the present world books are not burned, statistics from Information Please Database show that people hardly ever read books for fun. Most adolescents only read them for school. A survey comparing time spent reading and watching TV was taken of people from the ages of fifteen to sixty-five and over. People from this age group said that they only spend ten minutes reading on both weekdays and weekends. About 90 million adults, 48% of the adult population, are only on levels one and two in functional literacy.
The rate for teenagers who stay on the wagon after treating their addiction at a treatment facility alone is less than 10 percent. Three Strikes Policy But not every student attending the school manages to stay clear of drugs and alcohol. An average of seven students a year fall back into addiction, and they are not coddled. For those students there is a tough "three strikes, and you're out" policy. Judi Hanson said the importance of carrying out that tough policy was a lesson she had to learn.
One principal describes the Common Core testing as “torture” (Source F). One teacher had only 23 students opt out and at least 3 times that number in tears. The teacher herself could not even answer twenty-five percent of the questions on the exam. The tests had readability levels far beyond what was appropriate, with questions that were vague, wordy, designed for trickery–not accurately measuring if children understand the texts they are reading. They were also far too long for the students to complete.
And, in an article by the National Sleep Foundation, their statistics show that the average 12th grader has about four different electronics in their room, which makes causes distraction and delays falling asleep. pg 523 According to a recent poll, sleep experts recommend 9 or more hours for adolescents but only 20% of children (ages 11-17) the recommended amount and most parents are unaware of their child’s sleep deprivation. And, just as sleep deprivation affects an adults capacity to function properly and make sound decisions, lack of sleep causes adolescents to fall asleep in class, arrive late to school, and feel down and