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Product Description@HEADLINE= This two-book set includes the most popular resources from celebrated authors Patricia Cunningham and Dick Allington! @BULLET= Buy Classrooms That Work and get Schools That Work HALF PRICE! @BULLET= Engaging! Both books are written in a readable and practical style while grounded in proven practices and current research. @BULLET= Discusses recent federal initiatives including comprehensive school reform models designed to address the problems of struggling readers. @BULLET= These books provide snapshots and portraits of schools and classrooms respectively, that work better for all children.@SUMMARY= For one low price get Classrooms That Work and Schools That Work by authors you Patricia Cunningham and Dick Allington. Classrooms That Work promotes the integration of phonics and literature based process writing and reading instruction. The book helps all children engage in meaning-centered reading by showing teachers how to foster powerful decoding and comprehension strategies. Schools That Work picks up where Classrooms That Work leaves off, with a focus on how to craft school organization plans that foster expert classroom teaching. It offers a clear view of how schools must change if they are to meet the increased demands of education for the 21st century.@AUTHBIO= Patricia M. Cunningham is a professor of Education at Wake Forest University. She has authored and co-authored several books promoting literacy, including Phonics They Use: Words For Reading And Writing, Reading And Writing In Elementary Classrooms: Strategies And Observations, Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write, and Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read And Write. @AUTHBIO= Richard L. Allington is the Fien Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was a co-recipient of the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Reading Association for his "contributions to the better understanding of reading and learning disabilities". Dick is also a past president of the National Reading Conference and has been elected to membership in the Reading Hall of Fame.About the Author@AUTHBIO= Patricia M. Cunningham is a professor of Education at Wake Forest University. She has authored and co-authored several books promoting literacy, including Phonics They Use: Words For Reading And Writing, Reading And Writing In Elementary Classrooms: Strategies And Observations, Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write, and Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read And Write. @AUTHBIO= Richard L. Allington is the Fien Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was a co-recipient of the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Reading Association for his "contributions to the better understanding of reading and learning disabilities". Dick is also a past president of the National Reading Conference and has been elected to membership in the Reading Hall of Fame.