In this volume prominent scholars, experts in their respective fields and highly skilled in the research they conduct, address educational and reading research

The racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more perniciously than in the

Struggling older English learners pose a real challenge for educators. Some of these students are new arrivals with limited or interrupted schooling. Others hav

Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. According to