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Perspectives on Rescuing Urban Literacy Education: Spies, Saboteurs, and Saints is an exploration of the variables that contribute to the improvement of literacy instruction in large urban school districts. The book grows out of a five-year initiative known as The Dallas Reading Plan–a $50 million collaborative effort between area business and corporate interests, philanthropy, and the Dallas Independent School District. Audiences include¬†university professors and graduate students in reading/literacy education, educational leadership, special education, urban studies, and change management theory,¬†school board members, business and community leaders, classroom teachers, parents, and those concerned with the status of literacy education in urban settings.