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May 2000 table of contents

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High School Reading

High schools get reading Rx

The high school reading challenge

Accountability Office fields reading team

Full-time coaches move into Manley

Daily reading course required for freshmen

The TAP difference in reading

Sample TAP questions

The Boys Town model

Reading glossary

ORGANIZATIONS

Boys Town Reading Center
For information on workshops,
call 1-800-545-5771 ext. 1075. 

Center for Literacy
University of Illinois at Chicago

Contact: Tim Shanahan, dir.,
(312) 413-1914.

Center for Urban Education
DePaul University

Contact: Justin Speer,
(773) 325-4665.
Web site: www.teacher.depaul.edu 

CPS Office of Accountability
High school reading team.

Contact: Mary Dunne,
(773) 553-2448.

International Reading Assn.
Web site: www.reading.org.

Strategic Literacy Initiative, WestEd
Web site: www.wested.org/stratlit
Contact: Ruth Schoenbach, dir., 
(510) 302-4255.

BOOKS 

"Reading for Understanding: A Guide to Improving Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms," by Ruth Schoenbach, Cynthia Greenleaf, Christine Cziko and Lori Hurwitz. Jossey-Bass, 1999.

"When Adolescents Can't Read: Methods and Materials That Work," by Mary E. Curtis and Ann Marie Longo. Brookline Books, 1999. First in the series "From Reading Research To Practice," edited by Jeanne Chall.
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