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Shanahan, Timothy – Reading Teacher, 2014
This article explores the relationship between federal and state educational policymaking and classroom reading instruction. The past 50 years of federal literacy education policy is summarized, particularly emphasizing the connections of these policies to reading curriculum and classroom assessment. The paper concludes with a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Public Policy, Reading Instruction
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Bohning, Gerry – Reading Teacher, 1986
Argues that the McGuffey readers introduced pedagogical innovations that provided moral themes many continue to value. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
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van Kraayenoord, Christina E.; Paris, Scott G. – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes current literacy practices in Australia and the history of influential approaches to literacy instruction. Discusses the unique contexts of professional development and practice that may make Australian approaches to literacy different from whole-language movements in American schools. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries