Confessions of an English Teacher: How Textbooks Affect Literacy and What To Do About It:How Textbooks Affect Literacy Improvement and What To Do About It

Confession of an English Teacher: How Textbooks Affect Literacy Improvement and What to Do to Solve It argues that the textbooks used in many average-level classes affect literacy development among high school students. The author argues that the literature in the textbooks is ill-suited for most students in the classroom. He argues that a custom-designed literature program would allow students to grow linguistically more rapidly. He also claims that textbooks are both linguistically and cu...