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Direct linkFisher, Douglas – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2004
Providing students with time to read during school has been questioned by researchers and practitioners. This article reports on the efforts of one school to resuscitate a schoolwide initiative to provide students the opportunity to read. A single comment made by a student led to committee work and significant policy changes. A chronicle of events…
Descriptors: Sustained Silent Reading, Reading Programs, Urban Schools, Secondary Education
