Literacy is one of the most highly valued cultural resources of contemporary American society, yet far too many children in the nation's cities leave school wit

Multiliteracies: Beyond Text and the Written Word emphasizes literacies which are, or have been, common in American culture, but which tend to be ignored in mor

"For decades, the education system has poured time, money, and effort into helping young students learn to read well, but nearly every attempt at reforming lite

When our students enter middle and high school, the saying goes that they stop learning to read and start reading to learn. Then why is literacy still a struggl