Topic 1: Historical Perspective

Topic 1: Historical Perspective

Lou LaBrant: An Annotated Bibliography

Free Reading Redux

Revisiting "Cliches and Abstractions" in the Context of Race, 2014

"Hunting Scapegoats": WWII Literacy Crisis and Current Education Reform

Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as "Costume Parties"

LaBrant, L. (1937, February 17). The content of a free reading program. Education Research Bulletin, 16(2), 29-34.

LaBrant, L. (1946, March). Teaching high-school students to write. English Journal, 35(3), 123-128.

Rosenblatt, L. (1956). The acid test for literature teaching. English Journal, 45(2), 66–74. [In Rosenblatt, L. (2005). Making meaning with texts: Selected essays. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.]