Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's Underprepared
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780684871059 (068487105X)
Publish date: May 1st 1999
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
What is literacy? It seems such a simple word, yet the view from the classroom is much different than from the person on the street. Mike Rose challenges our assumptions of reading and writing, of how a student is educationally introduced to both concepts, and how so many are being lost by the waysi...