BRACEY SAYS READING RECOVERY DOES BOTH PHONICS AND LITERATURE
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Send reply to:  	"Gerald W. Bracey" <gbracey@erols.com>


I served on the advisory board of a MacArthur-funded study of Reading

Recovery.  Reading recovery emphasizes both phonics and literature.  More
importantly, RR assesses each child indivually to decide what to do next. 
It is not a perfect program but it does not de-emphasize phonics.   During
the course of the research, though, some of the researchers told me they
were afraid to use the word "phonics" (the f-word) at IRA meetings for
fear of danger to their persons.


I did a review of the literature on RR which is dated now but still
propably cogent as it is critical, not embracing.  I'll provide copies for
$20 including first class postage.