Using Urban Children's Literature to Increase Literacy
by
Susan Catapano, Jane Fleming, Sandy Ruvalcaba Carrillo
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For schools serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations and large numbers of children living in poverty, a significant achievement gap persists....