Four years after publishing her provocative study, "Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children", Compton-Lilly revisits the same group of urban students (then first graders, now fourth and fifth graders) and their families. Armed with rare longitudinal data from follow-up interviews and reading assessments, she once again upsets widespread misconceptions about reading and urban families. This eye-opening sequel uses case studies to explore important issues, such as students' feelings of connection to their school; gender and schooling; parents' experiences dealing with "the system"; high-stakes testing; and technology use at home.
- ISBN13 9780807747926
- Publish Date 19 May 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Teachers' College Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English