My first question in response to this article is this: As middle/high school teachers, how should we be prepared to deal with children who still have not learned literacy? This article seems to be related to grade-school teachers more than secondary school teachers. If students come into our classrooms at 14-17 years old and still have not had the experience with literacy necessary to become good readers who can comprehend large pieces of literature, how are we supposed to deal with that? It seems that it would be very difficult to try to teach someone the skills necessary to keep up in a literature class if they've had experiences like Donny did all of their lives. The only solution I can think of is an enormous amount of supplemental tutoring.
This article actually made me think about possibly going into primary education for the first time in years. I have always considered reading to young children in the home one of the most important responsibilities in raising a child.
