Why Sammy Still Can't Read

A Service Delivery Model for Creating a Culture of Reading

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Pub Date 14 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 30 Aug 2019

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Our nation’s children face many horrible things— hunger, broken homes, homelessness, poverty, crime, and illiteracy, are just a few. All of these problems can be prevented, but none more so than illiteracy caused by a lack of supportive education. Why Sammy Still Can’t Read reveals that many children, especially African- American children, remain illiterate simply because they have undiagnosed learning disabilities such as dyslexia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Children like Sammy remain in the school system yet are underserved by it as educators either overlook their learnings issues or label these children as slow learners. Using their vast experience and educational background, authors Leroy and Yvette McClure have created a lowcost and easy-to-implement service model that any educational system can utilize to introduce any learning disabled (LD) child to the world of learning to read, then reading to learn. This book seeks to educate all children and ease the burden of illiteracy on society.

Our nation’s children face many horrible things— hunger, broken homes, homelessness, poverty, crime, and illiteracy, are just a few. All of these problems can be prevented, but none more so than...


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While the book appears to primarily be for professionals, there is quite a bit of basic information that might be helpful to the parent looking to accurately diagnose their child's struggles. True, it's a self-diagnosis, and you should go to a professional, BUT as the parent of a special needs child, I can say that it really helps if you have an idea ahead of time of the issue that your child is experiencing. So while the first third to half would be appropriate for your average parent, when he gets into the technical stuff and how the system needs to change, it seems to be more for professionals. I remember reading "Why Can't Johnny Read?" and this is an excellent follow-up to that!

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Why Sammy Still Can’t Read describes the problem of illiteracy vividly. I appreciated the authors’ solutions. This book represents a call to action for educators to gain expertise.

The book is also a reminder of the power of the written word and the importance of creating opportunities for all students to learn and grow.

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As an educator and instructor of reading, I am always looking for ways to support students that come to me with reading struggles. It is imperative that educators look to new research to support student growth and development in reading skills. This book is powerful in that it provides basic understandings for reading struggles as well as provides solutions for practitioners and the plight of changing the education system to better serve students.

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