Literacy play: is it really play anymore? (Issues in Education).

From: Childhood Education | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

An interest in early literacy has grown to a frenzy in the United States. During his presidential campaign, George W. Bush pledged to make Head Start a reading program, and his No Child Left Behind initiative focuses extensively on reading. Millions of dollars in federal grant money are now earmarked for the implementation of "scientifically based" reading programs for young children. Head Start has launched a new early literacy initiative, as have many states and school districts. Some professionals have even been drawn to highly didactic approaches--discarded decades ago--that ...

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