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  • Why Johnny Still Cant Read - LexiBlog - The Official Blog of Leximo, a World Social Dictionary

    From the page: " Worse, they deny kids the ability to connect with the timeless wisdom found in a novel by Faulkner or a poem by Frost, locking the next generation in a twilight world where the written word becomes alien and threatening rather than a source of liberation and...

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  • Rated by tommy44 on Mar 25 2009, 6:15pm

    Silly old Johnny

  • Rated by mcrizzle on Mar 25 2009, 9:40am

    Poor Johnny

  • Rated by socialpyramid on Mar 25 2009, 6:36am

    From the page: " Worse, they deny kids the ability to connect with the timeless wisdom found in a novel by Faulkner or a poem by Frost, locking the next generation in a twilight world where the written word becomes alien and threatening rather than a source of liberation and enlightenment."

  • Rated by perfection007 on Mar 25 2009, 12:50am

    Why Johnny Still Can't Read

  • Rated by lekahe on Mar 24 2009, 11:56pm

    From the page: "In 1955, the bombshell book Why Johnny Can't Read disturbed a few nesting hornets. A half-century later, per-student education spending in inflation-adjusted dollars has quadrupled, but Johnny (and today's Jareds and Jessicas) still can't read."

  • Rated by talhaasifdar on Mar 24 2009, 9:54pm

    Johnny Still Cant Read

  • Rated by brotherbob1 on Mar 24 2009, 9:40pm

    From the page: "According to a report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, more than two-thirds of the nation's fourth-graders are reading below proficiency level."

  • Rated by bcuban on Mar 24 2009, 2:38pm

    it does not surprise me, fundamental educational values have all but disappeared

  • Rated by downgoesfrazier on Mar 24 2009, 10:46am

    It's actually kind of embarrassing. I saw an article a few years ago that said the effective literacy rate was mostly unchanged since the end of WWII. Unbelievable.

  • Rated by bart-gatsby on Mar 24 2009, 10:04am

    From the page: "In 1955, the bombshell book Why Johnny Canâ€t Read disturbed a few nesting hornets. A half-century later, per-student education spending in inflation-adjusted dollars has quadrupled, but Johnny (and today's Jareds and Jessicas) still can't read."