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October 1999 | Volume 57 | Number 2
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Carol Tell
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Lynn Arthur Steen
From health care to housing, from welfare to weather, statistics bombard us. The editor of Why Numbers Count describes what numeracy is and how to teach it.
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George D. Nelson
The science literate among us today are in the minority. The director of Project 2061 talks about how to reverse that trend.
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Decker Walker
Within one generation, we will expect educated people to have mastered dominant technologies and to learn new ones quickly.
Cathleen D. Rafferty
What is "information literacy"? How many ways to retrieve information do students need to know?
Marcia D'Arcangelo
A neuroscientist and professor of pediatrics discusses brain structures that affect reading, reading disabilities, and gender differences in reading.
Harvey Daniels, Steve Zemelman and Marilyn Bizar
Far from being a recent innovation, Whole Language is a venerable, comprehensive pedagogy.
Rona F. Flippo
Reading instruction is not an either/or proposition, reading researchers agree.
Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong and Diane E. Paynter
Which instructional techniques are appropriate for preschoolers, and which are not?
Anne Wheelock
This approach spurs inner-city youngsters to become enthusiastic and thoughtful readers of serious literature.
Craig Wheaton and Stephen Kay
Their promise: Every child will read by the end of 2nd grade. No excuses.
Carol H. Walker and Frank R. Yekovich
Classrooms organized as theaters, art galleries, video stores, and post offices provide authentic environments where literacy skills matter.
Alice O'Grady
New graduates will need new skills—from perusing an online catalog to recognizing quality information.
Jorge P. Osterling, Emma Violand-Sánchez and Marcela von Vacano
Building on the tradition of "Saturday schools," these programs promote bilingual family literacy.
Laura Longley
A new national study of offers examples of schools that have effectively improved arts education.
J. Lynn McBrien
How do we help students become discerning customers of information in a media-saturated world?
John H. Holloway
Betsy Lindeman
Joan Montgomery Halford
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