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Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It 1st Edition

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Read-i-cide: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline, poverty, second-language issues, and the ever-expanding choices of electronic entertainment. In this provocative book Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It , author and teacher Kelly Gallagher suggests it is time to recognize a new and significant contributor to the death of reading: our schools. Readicide , Gallagher 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 by:Valuing standardized testing over the development of lifelong readersMandating breadth over depth in instructionRequiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support and insisting students focus on academic textsIgnoring the importance of developing recreational readingLosing sight of authentic instruction in the looming shadow of political pressuresReadicide provides teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in reading-;steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers.
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"Those with a vested interest in the education of American youth--in other words, everyone who has reached the age of reason--should read this book and share it with others." - American School Board Journal
"Rather than dwelling on the problem, Gallagher centers on explaining concrete ways schools can improve literature teaching, focusing on comprehension and producing lifelong readers." - Catholic Library World
"Readicide is an intriguing look at many possible solutions to the problem of the decline of reading in American schools." - Midwest Book Review

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Kelly, a baseballoholic and a self-described expert at negotiating airports, is in his 33rd year of teaching at the high school level. He currently teaches at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California. He believes that there is no greater pleasure than teaching someone something. Teaching is artistic, it matters a great deal, and I can never get the job down perfectly. Kelly thinks that professional development should treat teachers as such - professionals. I know in the classroom that good things happen when my students have meaningful discussions. I know as a teacher myself that my craft sharpens when I am given the opportunity to have meaningful discussions with my peers. And let's have a laugh or two while we are at it. Writing his six books for Stenhouse was a solitary experience. Though I have written outlines prior to each of my books, I have yet to follow any of them step-by-step. That is why I find writing rewarding - because the act of writing itself generates new thinking, and new thinking is always exciting.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (February 2, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1571107800
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1571107800
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 18 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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Customers find the book easy to read and engaging. It provides them with insights into standardized testing and what makes kids learn. They appreciate the accurate and eye-opening perspective on reading instruction and testing. Overall, customers find the book a useful resource for teachers who want their students to love reading.

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Customers find the book easy to read and useful for teachers. It offers good information and insights on teaching reading effectively. The author provides a better strategy for working with whole-class novels that doesn't overwhelm students.

"...This book, your book, is teacher empowerment in its most authentic form and as stated in the introduction, should be read by educators coast to..." Read more

"...This would also be a great supplement for teachers who use a reading workshop approach but would like to slowly start adding more direct-instruction..." Read more

"...Oh my goodness, this has been the best book I have ever read and truly changed my idea of how to teaching reading." Read more

"...It is short just over a hundred pages, easy to read and great suggestions for using in any classroom to motivate students." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and authentic. They say it captures their interest from the first page. The book is practical and honest about what's happening in schools.

"...balance between preparing their kids for accountability and real-life ability." Read more

"...This is a hard hitting look at the results of two decades of failed literacy instruction policy - students graduating from high school who can read..." Read more

"As always, Kelly Gallagher has written a book that is practical and deeply honest about what is happening in schools around the country...." Read more

"This was an eye-opening read. Pointed out so many fallacies that teachers do not even realize/intend to be making...." Read more

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Customers find the book provides insights into standardized testing and what kids learn. They appreciate the good criticism of the testing culture and concrete suggestions for preventing readicide.

"...The book has concrete suggestions for preventing readicide. These include, guided tour - budget tour, topic flood, one pager,..." Read more

"...we have had several excellent discussions about reading flow, AR, and testing. I highly recommend this book for professional development activities...." Read more

"This book really provided me with a lot of insight to standardized testing and what makes kids learn...." Read more

"A very good condemnation of testing culture. Some positive teaching ideas, but more of a litany of complaint." Read more

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Customers find the book interesting and eye-opening. They appreciate the author's perspective.

"An accurate, eye-opening expose on how teachers, school districts, and curriculm directors have been mangling our reading programs for years...." Read more

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Customers find the book accurate and insightful. They say it provides an eye-opening expose on how teachers and school districts operate.

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  • Tom
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Excceptional Read, and A Must Read for All Educators and Parents in the US
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
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    Mr. Gallagher,

    Thank you for condensing what good teachers coast to coast, and especially those of us in inner-city classrooms see, know and worry over still. I was recently in a room talking to State Board of Education Members from over 10 states. Our topic: Teacher Empowerment. In my opinion, not one said anything half as brave as what you've written here, nor did many of them seem to understand what we've done for the last 20 plus years. This book, your book, is teacher empowerment in its most authentic form and as stated in the introduction, should be read by educators coast to coast.

    As a 25 year teacher here in southeast San Diego, and an author of many articles on similar subjects that you've addressed I applaud you. This book will now be gifted to my student teachers and interested parents alike. Know please that there are teachers pushing back on the elephant in the classroom, and that we are working to make change so that kids love reading, and future adults too.
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  • Beth S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Do you commit redicide in your classroom?
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2011
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    Whether you agree with his arguments or not, Kelly Gallagher wrote this book and made his arguments for all the right reasons: schools ARE killing reading and he wants to be part of the solution rather than the problem.

    Let me see a show of hands: how many people reading this review right now used to love reading, but had that love squashed from the ridiculous amount of analysis and minutiae of their high school English lit class? *raises hand* I don't want to criticize my high school English teachers because I truly did have some wonderfully inspiring ones, but there's something these teachers forgot to include in their curriculum which would have helped me and my classmates tremendously: time for recreational reading. And as such, I spent four years of my life reading difficult texts I wasn't ready for and completely lost my desire to read on my own (whereas in elementary school and junior high I used to DEVOUR books). I didn't get that desire back until about two years after college when I actually had the time and inclination to get back on the horse and start reading the books that I wanted to.

    In this book Gallagher makes the case for a balance of recreational reading and academic reading and why we must provide time for students to read in school. He shows why students will experience readicide if you underteach or overteach a book, and what you need to do as a teacher to reach that "sweet spot" of instruction.

    I highly recommend this book for any teacher who is drowning in a sea of worksheets and knows there is a better way, but just hasn't found it yet. This book along with Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer would be my suggestions for anyone needing to be inspired to teach reading that creates lifelong readers rather than book haters.

    This would also be a great supplement for teachers who use a reading workshop approach but would like to slowly start adding more direct-instruction into your routine. Gallagher's balanced approach of 50% recreational reading and 50% academic reading gives great suggestions for how to teach those difficult texts without slaughtering them.
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  • Amy Jaros
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing read
    Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2024
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    I bought this book off the recommendation of another teacher. Oh my goodness, this has been the best book I have ever read and truly changed my idea of how to teaching reading.
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  • Neil Hepworth
    4.0 out of 5 stars Makes Me Appreciate My Own School Very Much
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2014
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    Reading this short book by Kelly Gallagher really makes me appreciate my school and the administrators guiding the ship. Gallagher spends the majority of his time detailing the main causes of readicide: standardized testing, teaching to the standardized test, the over-teaching of a novel, tedious worksheets and quizzes, and the stuffing in of too much shallow information to the detriment of meaningful observations, connections, and thought, etc.

    I actually found that this book had little new new to tell me because I already agreed with all of its premises and fixing practices. I kept waiting for a page to jump up and punch me in the face with a new, whiz-bang method for teaching novels. It never happened. I will certainly use the book to refine my current methods, but that’s all. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of what’s going on. I have no doubt that there are many English teachers who desperately need to read this book, but I was just along for the ride.

    Let me end by telling you about some of the best methods Gallagher presents.

    The Book Flood: surrounding students with high interest books (that I would argue must also have been read by the teacher). Gallagher argues that it is a mistake to think that students will ever go to the library to find the high interest books there (or not there), but that the teacher needs to foist good, high interest books on to the student. Gallagher says that he has over 2,000 books in his room. I’ve only got 500, but I’m gettin’ there.

    Framing a Book: Previewing the text, discussion of the author and historical context, discussion of the value of the book, and, often, the essay test question at the very beginning of the unit.

    “Big Chunk/Little Chunk” Philosophy: After framing a novel, assign students to read large chunks of the book on their own (with a guiding idea to look for) so that they can practice and enjoy just reading. Then, the next day, have a passage or two for students, as a class, to look at and analyze to death with highlights, annotations, sticky notes and such.

    I’ll definitely keep this book on my shelf, if, for no other reason, than to pull out as proof when someone suggests anything that would lead to more readicide.
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  • Rick
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking and more
    Reviewed in Canada on March 22, 2016
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    Are we (educators) a bit like those people who ignore fire alarms with, it's just a false alarm, attitudes toward the importance of developing a love of reading and developing literacy skills? Would I be convicted of contributing to readicide? Fair question, scary answer...maybe.
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  • debbie waskiewich
    5.0 out of 5 stars I HIGHLY recommend this book for all middle-school and high-school teachers
    Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2015
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    Although I teach Grade 3, this book had a lot of relevant information for me to use in my classroom; however, I HIGHLY recommend this book for all middle-school and high-school teachers!
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