Responding to a message by Ruth, to Charles on ...
RL>CB>REsearch here in the U.S. has shown this to be an effective tool in
RL>>raising reading scores (I posted an article about this a year or so
RL>>ago.)  We have two certified RR teachers in our district now.
We have just one elementary school, but there are 1400 children in 
it, grades K-5.  We have two teachers certified in Reading Recovery 
and each spends about half-a-day working in the program.  Both were 
trained at a university, though I am not sure which one - I don't 
believe we have training locally.
I have not replied in detail to the lengthy messages you have 
posted, though rest assured I read them.  I simply had nothing fresh 
to add.  We've spent a lot of time discussing what whole language is 
and what it isn't, but the truth seems to be that it just doesn't 
work when applied to the general population.  Whether it is being 
misinterpreted or mis-applied or whether it is a bad teaching 
strategy, schools all across the U.S. and Great Britain are 
abandoning the practice as reading scores plummet.
If the program were working well, children would be reading better, 
not worse.  How can we deny these facts?
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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