Re: [LM_NET] GEN: NYT article: Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?

[Lisa Hunt <lisa3moon@YAHOO.COM>]

Thank you Krashen!  I read the Literacy Debate piece this morning and thought, 
"What do you mean declining scores?  Around here in OK our scores have been rising 
over the past several years."
YES, lets keep our libraries functioning and funding, because through the library 
everyone can cross barriers!

 
Lisa Hunt, NBCT 2005
School Library Media Specialist
Apple Creek Elementary
Moore, OK
lisa3moon@yahoo.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 12:30:30 PM
Subject: Re: GEN: NYT article: Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?

Stephen Krashen responded to this article in a very supportive
fashion....I think we'd definitely agree:

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Sent to the New York Times, July 27

In "Literacy debate: On R U Reading?" (July 27, Books), Dana Gioia,
chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, thinks that there has
been a decline in reading ability and it is because of the internet.

There has been no decline. National reading scores for 4th and 8th
graders have increased since 1992, and 12th graders have dropped five
points since 1992, not much on a test in which the top and bottom 10%
differ by 90 points.

So far, studies suggest that internet reading results in more print
reading and improved reading ability, as the Times notes.

The real problem is low literacy attainment among children from
low-income families, which research shows is related to lack of access
to reading material. Let's stop worrying about the internet and start
worrying about improving libraries in areas of high poverty.

Stephen Krashen

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~Shonda

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Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library
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Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
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