Bridge to literacy : no child-- or adult-- left behind

John Corcoran's memoir, The Teacher Who Couldn't Read is being offered in a new trade paperback format to coincide with the release of his new book Bridge to Literacy . The Teacher Who Couldn't Read is John's life story of how he struggled through school without the basic skills of how to read or write and went on to become a high school teacher still without these basic skills. John then went on to conquer his inability to read and to become a leading advocate for literacy.

• Acknowledgments p. xi
• Introduction p. xiii
• Prologue p. xxiii
• 1 A Little Child Shall Lead Them p. 1
• 2 The Family p. 7
• 3 Johnny the Innocent p. 21
• 4 Survival Game p. 31
• 5 Idiot Masquerade p. 43
• 6 The Great Deception p. 65
• 7 Fear the College Years p. 79
• 8 Master of Masks p. 95
• 9 Speaking the Truth...in Love p. 109
• 10 Desperate Behavior p. 125
• 11 The Walls Come Tumbling Down p. 137
• 12 Unmasking the Shame p. 153
• 13 A Cloud of Witnesses p. 167
• 14 Phonics First p. 183
• 15 The Missing Element p. 195
• 16 The Healing of America p. 213
• Epilogue p. 229
• Resources p. 237
• Appendix p. 239
• Endnotes p. 243
• About the Author