Patricia Cunningham (education, Wake Forest U.) and James Cunningham (literacy studies, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) show principals how to improve a school's reading program. They draw on research, professional experience, and what they have learned from helping teachers and schools to outline effective instruction. They discuss the current state of instruction, then strategies for comprehension, vocabulary, literacy in the content areas, phonics, fluency, teacher read-aloud and independent reading, reading motivation and engagement, and struggling readers and English learners, including roadblocks schools may face, how to assess instruction in each area, best practices, and resources. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)