Stop the Pendulum

This is a book about the struggles over reforming reading instruction and the corresponding effort to improve reading achievement in the United States over the last seven decades.

William D. Bursuck is Professor Emeritus of Specialized Education Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He obtained his Ph.D. in special education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Until his retirement in 2014, Dr. Bursuck was involved in preparing special and general education teachers to teach reading and other essential skills to students with special needs.
Craig Peck received his Ph.D. in History of Education from Stanford University in 2001. He currently chairs and teaches doctoral studies classes in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Peck's research has appeared in journals such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Education and Urban Society, Teachers College Record, and Urban Education.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Teaching Reading 1955-1983: Instructional Disputes, Federal Involvement, and the Roots of Reform
Chapter 3: Experiences: Teaching Reading in Urban and Rural Settings, 1968-1978
Chapter 4: Teaching Reading 1983-2008: Reading Policy Takes Center Stage
Chapter 5: Experiences: A Thirty-Year Career in Teacher Education, 1983-2013
Chapter 6: Policy and the Personal: What We Learned from Seven Decades of Reading Instruction and Reform
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About the Authors