http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/are-books-and-readers-a-thing-of-the-past/ The Workforce Institute Helps Empower Organizations to Address Human Capital Management Issues Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/are-books-and-readers-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-426 tory Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:18:28 +0000 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/are-books-and-readers-a-thing-of-the-past.htm#comment-426 I am a highschool student and we have required reading for english and we have read books like To Kill A MockingBird and the Great Gatsby, and Grapes of Wrath and I am glad thatr we had to read these books otherwise I would have been missing out on a great part of the American culture. I am a highschool student and we have required reading for english and we have read books like To Kill A MockingBird and the Great Gatsby, and Grapes of Wrath and I am glad thatr we had to read these books otherwise I would have been missing out on a great part of the American culture.

]]> http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/are-books-and-readers-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-207 National Teacher Day Mon, 05 May 2008 18:06:39 +0000 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/are-books-and-readers-a-thing-of-the-past.htm#comment-207 [...] how far have we come with public education since 1953?  We’ve already commented here on the declining literacy levels among US high school students.  Consider as well this excerpt from The Teaching Penalty, a [...] [...] how far have we come with public education since 1953?  We’ve already commented here on the declining literacy levels among US high school students.  Consider as well this excerpt from The Teaching Penalty, a [...]

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