Reading Rebuttal: Maine's Approach May Disappoint — Writer maintains there is no substantive scientific research that literature-based reading instruction is as effective than explicit phonics instruction. [Education Week: Letters]

Whole-School Recovery — Reading Recovery in combination with the Literacy Collaborative lauded. [Education Week: Letters]

Focus of Title I Shifting From Pullout Efforts — Reading Recovery continues to be used in Boston because it's a short-term intervention and students don't get shuffled out of classrooms for long portions of their school careers. [Education Week]

Test Scores Don't Reveal Quality of Teaching — Anecdotal data imply that what is making a difference is the mandated reduced-class size in California. [Education Week: Letters]

Legislative Update — Idaho allocates $500,000 for Reading Recovery training. [Education Week]

Legislative Update — New Hampshire governor wants to increase funding for this intervention. [Education Week]

Effectiveness of Clinton Reading Plan Questioned — Critics fear poorly trained volunteers will meet with failure. [Education Week]

Study Finds Barriers to Reform Strategies — A study of 10 promising school-reform programs suggests that, even in the best of schools, change comes hard. [Education Week]

Diffusion Network Seeks To Gain Solid Footing — One of its biggest successes has been Reading Recovery, a popular intervention for 1st graders. [Education Week]

Grants From Corporate Sources — Dole Food Company provides $150,000 for teacher training in Hawaii. [Education Week]

Our Reading Recovery Results: 'Conclusive' — Our retention rate has plummeted, and the referral rate to special education in the primary grades has dropped from approximately 18 percent to 3 percent. [Education Week: Letters]

Report Casts Critical Eye on Reading Recovery Program — Article by Debra Viadero focusing on a report which questions the success of one of the remedial reading programs for 1st graders. [Education Week]

Learning Their Lessons — Some of the best known school-reform networks are victims of their own success. [Education Week]

'Outmoded' Schools Imperil Readiness Goal — The use of Reading Recovery helps address these problems.[Education Week]

Study Identifies Obstacles to Reform Strategies — Schools face a rocky road in implementing new education-reform strategies for disadvantaged students. [Education Week]