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Re-Reading Famililes: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

Re-Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later (Practitioner Inquiry)

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Re-Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later (Practitioner Inquiry)

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Four years after publishing her provocative study, Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Compton-Lilly revisits the same group of urban students (then first graders, now fourth and fifth graders) and their families. Armed with rare longitudinal data from follow-up interviews and reading assessments, she once again upsets widespread misconceptions about reading and urban families. This eye-opening sequel uses case studies to explore important issues, such as students' feelings of connection to their school; gender and schooling; parents' experiences dealing with "the system"; high-stakes testing; and technology use at home.

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Released April 24, 2007
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Catherine Compton-Lilly
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Catherine Compton-Lilly

After spending years working in the corporate world, Catherine Compton-Lilly finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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