In Defense of Our Children When Politics, Profit, and Education Collide

Dr. Elaine Garan is an award-winning researcher and educator with 24 years of experience as a reading teacher. She is the author of Resisting Reading Mandates (Heinemann, 2002) and several articles on reading. She has seen education from all sides, as a parent, teacher, researcher, university professor, and grandparent who is looking to her granddaughter's future. She can be reached at elainegaran@hotmail.com.Garan, Elaine M. is the author of 'In Defense of Our Children When Politics, Profit, and Education Collide', published 2004 under ISBN 9780325006475 and ISBN 0325006474.