Today I got in the mail a clipping of a column by John Rosemund a
Knight-Ridder syndicated columnist containing a litany of attacks on
whole language. in the margin my unknown correspondent had
handwritten "Dear Mr. Goodman, I have read your books. I have also read
this column and thousands of pages of research, theory and literature on
many sides of the issue. You're wrong!"
I was also invited by Dallas Radio talk show to debate phonics.
I wish the issues in education were not so highly politicized- with
decisions being made by politicians and opinion makers and not educators.
Ken Goodman