TY - BOOK AU - Larson,Joanne TI - Literacy as snake oil: beyond the quick fix T2 - New literacies and digital epistemologies SN - 9780820495439 (pbk. : alk. paper) PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - P. Lang KW - Alfabetización KW - Estados Unidos KW - Literacy programs KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; In sheep's clothing: uncovering the wolf / Joanne Larson -- Reading and language development: beyond limited perspectives / James Paul Gee -- Forging "facts" to fit an explanation: how to make reading research support skills-emphasis instruction / Gerald Coles -- Literacy packages in practice: constructing academic disadvantage / Patricia D. Irvine and Joanne Larson -- Success guaranteed literacy programs: I don't buy it! / Lynn Astarita Gatto -- Fattening frogs for snakes: virtues for sale / Patrick Shannon -- "Sameness as fairness": the new tonic of equality and opportunity / Kris D. Gutiérrez -- The national literacy strategy in England: contradictions of control and creativity / Brian Street, Adam Lefstein, and Kate Pahl -- Complex literacy landscapes: veiled meanings and contested identities / Nancy Ares and Edward Buendía -- Digging up the family tree: America's forced choice / Dan Osborn -- Contributors -- Index ER -