Reading References
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• Adams, Marilyn J.,, "Why Not Phonics and Whole Language," All Language and the Creation of Literacy, Orton Dyslexia Soc, Balt., MD, 1991
• Blumenfeld, Samuel L., The New Illiterates, and How To Keep Your Child From Becoming One, Paradigm, Boise, ID, 1988, ISBN 0-941995-05-04
• Brunner, Michael S., Retarding America - The Imprisonment of Potential, Halcyon House, 1993
• Campbell, James, M.D., "Medical Professionals Can't Cure What Ails Many School Children," THE VALLEY NEWS, Fulton,, NY, March, 28,, 1996
• Cannell, John Jacob, How Public Educators Cheat on Standardized Achievement Tests, Friends for Education, Missoula, MT, 1988
• Chall, Jeanne S., Learning to Read - The Great Debate, 1967, & Updtd. Ed'n, McGraw-Hill, 1983
• Chall, Jeanne S., "The New Reading Debates: Evidence from Science, Art, & Ideology," Teachers Col. Record, Columbia U, Winter, 1992
• Coles, Gerald S., "The Learning Disability Test Battery - Empirical and Social Issues," Harvard Educational Review, August,, 1978
• Flesch, Rudolf, Why Johnny Can't Read, Harper & Row,, 1955
• Flesch, Rudolf, Why Johnny STILL Can't Read, Harper & Row,, 1981
• Foorman, Barbara R., (a participant in the 1994 NIH conference), "Research on 'The Great Debate' over Code-oriented vs Whole-Language Approaches to Reading Instruction," University of Texas, Houston, TX 77204-5874, in press. Current research on WL vs phonics; challenge to WL community to abide by empirical proof;
• Kramer, Rita, Ed School Follies, The Free Press,, 1991
• Grossen, Bonnie, & Coulter, Gail,, "Reading Recovery: The Claims Versus the Facts," (Draft) Nat'l Ctr. to Improve the Tools of Educators, U. of OR,, 1996 14. Liberman, I.Y., and Liberman, A.M., "Whole Language vs. Code Emphasis: Underlying Assumptions and their Implications for Reading Instruction," Annals of Dyslexia, Orton Dyslexia Society, 1990, an elegant debunking of WL theory & philosophy
• Moats, Louisa C., "The Missing Foundation in Tchr Educ'n," American Educator, Summer, 1995
• National Right to Read Fndn., 1-800-468-8911
• National Investor's Business Daily, "Getting Schools Back on Course," Edit'l, Sep. 15, 1995
• Orton, Samuel T., A.M., M.D., "The 'Sight Reading' Method of Teaching Reading as a Source of Reading Disability," Journal of Educational Psychology, February,, 1929
• Ravitch, Diane, "A Curriculum to Copy," Network News & Views, May, 1996
• Rodgers, Geraldine E., The Case for the Prosecution - In the trial of silent reading "comprehension" tests, charged with the destruction of America's schools, Lyndhurst, NJ, 1981
• Shanker, Albert, "A Baltimore Success Story," NY Times, Aug. 20,, 1995
• Smith, Frank, UNDERSTANDING READING, 4th Ed., L. Erlbaum, NJ,, 1988
• Spalding Education Foundation, 5930 W. Green-way, Ste.4, Glendale, AZ 85306, 602-547-2656,
• Spalding, Romalda, The Writing Road to Reading, 4th ed., Wm. Morrow, NY, 1990.
• Stanovich, Keith E., "Romance and Reality," The Reading Teacher, December,, 1993/Jan'94, an incisive examination of research showing the vital role of phonological awareness from studying phonics, and the lack of scientific basis for WL or the "LD" classification.
• Stein, Ph.D., Marcy, The Beginning Reading Instruction Study, 1993, U.S. GPO Stock # 065-000-00575-1
• Suzzallo, Henry, "Reading, Teaching Beginners," A CYCLOPEDIA of EDUCATION, F. Monroe, Ed, Columbia U., , 1913
• Terman, S., & Walcutt, Chas. C., Reading: Chaos and Cure, McGraw Hill, 1958
• Trace, Arthur, Reading Without Dick & Jane Regenry, Chicago, 1965
• Yarington, David J., The Great American Reading Machine, Hayden,, 1978.