This dynamic text offers a rare glimpse into the literacy development of urban children and their families' role in it. Based on the author's candid interviews with her first-grade students, their parents and grandparents, this book challenges the stereotypical view that urban parents don't care about their children's education. By listening closely to the voices of her students and their families, the author helps us to move beyond negative assumptions, revealing complexities that have previously been undocumented.
This is Book 23 in the Practitioner Inquiry Series Series. See all Practitioner Inquiry Series books here.
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Catherine Compton-Lilly is a first-grade and Reading Recovery teacher in Rochester, New York, and a visiting associate professor at Saint John Fisher College.
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