Marcia Biederman
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The best-known educator of the 20th century was a scammer in cashmere. "The most famous reading teacher in the world, " as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included work at a Mormon mission in Germany at a time when the church was cooperating with the Third Reich. Nevertheless, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced...