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USA: The Reading Wars: Understanding the Debate Over How Best to Teach Children to Read

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:53 am
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
This piece includes some commentary on the politics behind the National Reading Panel's summaries and on the work of Professor Diane McGuinness who made a significant contribution to the debate not only in America but also in England. One could wonder whether her 'prototype' list of how to identify a good phonics programme was the forerunner of the Government in England's 'Core Criteria' for evaluating phonics programmes.

http://www.nrrf.org/learning/the-readin ... n-to-read/
The Reading Wars: Understanding the Debate Over How Best to Teach Children to Read

By Kenneth Anderson

Los Angeles Times
Sunday, June 18, 2000