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Blast from the Past: This blog first posted on January 26, 2019, and reposted on May 2, 2026. I haven’t received this kind of question lately, and yet, the recent kerfuffle over how much phonics should be taught reminded me of it. It...
May 14, 2022, I published what I thought would be my last word on Reading Recovery (RR) http://shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/me-and-reading-recovery. Fat chance. RR, if you don’t know, is a remedial reading program for first graders. It started in the 1970s in New Zealand and was widely adopted throughout the United States. Over the years, it has been both widely lauded and decried by reading authorities. From its inception, it was the focus of lots of research – much of which seemed to support its effectiveness, though I had expressed concerns about this (Shanahan, 1987; Sha...
Blast from the Past: This blog entry posted first on February 22, 2020, and was reposted on March 21, 2026. The major update to this piece is the inclusion of a reference list, only one of the studies included in it would not have been avai...
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