“Nostalgia is a seductive liar.”

“worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).”

“When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.”

“These programs and reading series are the fruit of an intellectually exhausted literacy industry that lost its way long ago, even as we mutely accepted its misguided agenda - to complicate reading and literacy so that we will purchase its programs and materials.”

“What gets measured (and clearly defined) does get done.”

“The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.”

“We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.”