No child left behind?

["Carolyn H. White" <chwhite@CHCCS.K12.NC.US>]

The newest School Library Media Activities Monthly has a small article on summer 
reading.  One of the examples of summer reading lists on the web is
the official site of the No Child Left Behind act. Check out their site:
http://www.ed.gov/inits/summerreading/lists.html
For a program that is supposed to revolutionize public education, this is a very 
dubious beginning.
In the middle school list, not only are there no titles published later than 1994, 
there are many glaring typos and errors.  For example, the book
The Giver is listed as written by Gary Paulsen, not Lois Lowry. Imagine the 
confusion of parents trying to locate this particular title for their
child.
This summer reading program is being piloted with Atlanta public schools.  I wonder 
if they enlisted any help from their media coordinators in
preparing this list? Certainly we have the most expertise when it comes to 
preparing a list of challenging and fun titles to encourage student
reading.
Maybe we should all send our summer reading lists to the U.S. Dept of Education as 
examples of existing, successful summer reading programs.

Carolyn White
Media Coordinator
McDougle Middle School
900 Old Fayetteville Rd.
Chapel HIll, NC 27516

919-933-1556 x3070
chwhite@chccs.k12.nc.us

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