SPRING/SUMMER 1998 were hundreds of kids on our waiting list. My worst headache each
semester was calling parents who had applied, but whose children we couldn't serve. The …

Dear Dr. Lyon: Over the last several years, you have achieved notoriety in the popular media
and elsewhere as a leading spokesperson for a certain viewpoint on the psychology of …

Most children learn to read, irrespective of the method of instruction. Yet up to a fifth of
children struggle with reading in their first few years at school. Unfortunately, those who …

working fulltime and feeling very overextended. I read many popular parenting books and
worried about what my child ate, how to childproof the house, how to evaluate child-care …

The impetus for this book emerged from a conference that brought together publishers, and
reading researchers and educators for the purpose of examining the best available research …

In 1997, Congress asked the" Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD), in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to convene a …

When Maryann was in school in the 1960s, phonemic awareness (PA) was not mentioned in
reading-methods courses; in fact, you do not find much written about it until the 1990s …

" In 1997, Congress asked the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD), in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to convene a …

Aren't Kids Being Taught to Read? brought it, Lazaruslike, back from the dead. Hanford
explored the lack of attention to the science of reading by educators—classroom teachers …

Editor's Note:" They don't teach reading like they used to!" I have received many calls in the
last several years from parents seeking uidance in understanding the many changes they …