Why Cant U Teach Me 2 Read?

"Why cant u teach me 2 read?" is an unusually well-written and interesting look at the general state of literacy education in the United States today and at how it takes place in a particular set of schools: the New York City public schools.

Why Cant u teach me 2 read? Three Students and a Mayor Put Our Schools to the Test by Beth Fertig, Copyright 2009, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 18 West 18th Street, New York 10011 I am a veteran elementary school teacher with over 35 years of teaching experience in two states and four countries.

A must read for anyone teaching reading. Specific methods are described that have been successful with older students in NYC's public schools.