I have begun reading Holding on to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones (2009) by Thomas Newkirk.  Mr. Newkirk taught at-risk high school students in the 1970s.  He is now Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire.  Mr. Newkirk is also the director and founder of its New Hampshire Literacy Institutes.  He has studied literacy learning from the preschool level all the way through the college level.

 

                         

 

Books by Thomas Newkirk:

The Art of Slow Reading (2011)

Holding on to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones (2009)

Teaching the Neglected "R" (2007)

Misreading Masculinity (2004)

Performance of Self in Student Writing (1997)

Taking Stock: The Writing Process Movement in the 90s (1994, coedited with Lad Tobin)

Nuts & Bolts: A Practical Guide to Teaching College Composition (1993)

 

Children Want to Write - coeditor with Penny Kittle

The Essential Don Murray - coeditor with Lisa Miller

 

Thomas Newkirk has been named the 2010 recipient of the Gary Lindberg Award for his outstanding contributions as a faculty member of the University of New Hampshire.