Section 1. Distinguished educators on theories of literacy. I didn't found whole language : update : forward 8 years and back a century / Kenneth S. Goodman -- Romance and reality / Keith E. Stanovich -- Toward an educationally relevant theory of literacy learning : twenty years of inquiry : update : Is educationally relevant theory of literacy learning possible? 25 years of inquiry suggests it is / Brian Cambourne -- Imagine that : literacy education for public democracy / Patrick Shannon -- Section 2. Distinguished educators on teachers. How do you spell dream? You learn-- with the help of a teacher update : teaching in the cracks for a more just and caring world / Denny Taylor -- Those influential literacy teachers : meaning negotiators and motivation builders / Robert B. Ruddell -- Literacy for all students : ten steps toward making a difference / Kathryn H. Au -- Whole language : why bother? update : why whole language still matters / Dorothy J. Watson -- Trust the shadows / Donald H. Graves -- Section 3. Distinguished educators on schools. The schools we have. The schools we need / Richard L. Allington -- When bad things happen to good ideas in literacy education : professional dilemmas, personal decisions, and political traps / James V. Hoffman -- What ever happened to ...? / Margaret Early -- There's more to teaching at-risk and delayed readers than good reading instruction / Irene W. Gaskins -- Recent political changes in Germany and their impact on teaching reading / Franz Biglmaier --

Section 4. Distinguished educators on curriculum, materials, and instruction. Jim Trelease speaks on reading aloud to children / Jim Trelease

Having my say : update: the haunted library strikes back! / Sam L. Sebesta

The power of story / : what I have learned as a writer and a teacher : update: toward a shared writing vocabulary / Gloria Houston

Me and my hypertext :) a multiple digression analysis of technology and literary (sic) / David Reinking

Reading-writing relationships, thematic unites, inquiry learning... in pursuit of effective integrated literacy instruction / Timothy Shanahan

Revaluing readers while readers revalue themselves : retrospective miscue analysis / Yetta M. Goodman

Explorations in developmental spelling : foundations for learning and teaching phonics, spelling, and vocabulary : update: matching development and instruction / Donald R. Bear, Shane Templeton

Dolores Durkin speaks on instruction / Dolores Durkin

Reinventing our literacy program : books, basics, balance / Dorthy S. Strickland

"Ariston Metron" / John C. Manning

Educational contexts for engagement in literacy / John T. Guthrie

Creating classroom cultures that foster reading motivation / Linda Gambrell

Jerry Harste speaks on reading and writing / Jerome C. Harste

Text matters in learning to read / Elfrieda H. Hiebert

Real literacy in a school setting : five-year-olds take on the world / Nigel Hall

From the vantage of retirement / Jeannette Veatch

Section 5. Distinguished educators on assessment and evaluation. Putting it all together : solving the reading assessment puzzle / Roger Farr

Literacy assessment reform : shifting beliefs, principled possibilities, and emerging practices / Robert J. Tierney

Evaluation : the center of writing instruction / Jane Hansen.