21st Century Literacy

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Standards, Standards Everywhere and Not a Spot to Think

Chapter 3 Rubrics, Scoring Guides, and Testing, Testing, Testing

Chapter 4 Marketing Child Readers: Ranking and Sorting

Chapter 5 English as a Scripted Language

Chapter 6 “When Are We Going To Do English ?”

Chapter 7 How School Works: Raise Your Hands When You Want to Learn

Chapter 8 “Why Don't You Mark the Errors on My Child's Papers?”—Explaining Yourself Theoretically and Professionally

Chapter 9 “Why Aren't You Teaching C. S. Lewis?”—Challenges and Expectations from Outside School

Chapter 11 Building and Department Politics—Talking English

Chapter 12 Literacy as Action—Empowering Students

Chapter 13 Assessing Our Way into Instruction: What Teachers Know and How They Know It