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Review
by Michelle Accorso
The
Wasted Years: American Youth, Race, and the Literacy
Gap by
James McCabe
The
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2003
272 Pages
$39.95
Since
the early 1980’s, the literacy gap in the United States has
not changed. African-American and Latino teenagers in 12th
grade have the same reading skills as white teenagers in 8th
grade. The Wasted Years includes the voices of practitioners
and researchers in an attempt to identify the factors that
are perpetuating the literacy gap in American secondary schools.
James
McCabe is currently manager for a consulting training group,
Center for Teaching Excellence, at American University in
Washington, DC.
Education
Update, Inc., P.O. Box 1588, New York, NY 10159.
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