By Louisa Cook Moats- 1/29/2007
If you thought whole-language reading instruction had been relegated to the scrap heap of history, think again. Many such programs (proven to be ineffective) are still around, but they’re hiding behind phrases like ”balanced literacy” in order to win contracts from school districts and avoid public scrutiny. Louisa Moats calls them out in Fordham’s new report, Whole-Language High Jinks.