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Publication Date: 1999
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Little Pigs and Big Ideas: Blowing Down the 'At-Risk' Straw House.
Maimon, Gillian
International Journal of Leadership in Education, v2 n3 p191-205 Jul-Sep 1999
The "at-risk" designation attached to low-achieving children frequently sets them up for failure. Remedial programs are often ineffective, and skill drills rob students of in-context reading opportunities. Models like Success for All are so prescriptive that students cannot participate in open-ended discussions of literature. Unjust labels beget unconscionable teaching. Contains 11 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Drills (Practice), High Risk Students, Labeling (of Persons), Literacy Education, Low Achievement, Misconceptions, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Remedial Programs, Standardized Tests, Student Participation, Teacher Responsibility, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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