At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the closed minds\' of American youth .
Times Educational Supplement This] book directs our attention to literacy. asks teachers to thing again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils, and how to get on with it. . .
Harvard Educational Review Every chapter .
Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response. . .
At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the closed minds\' of American youth