ERIC Number: EJ755743
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Sep-8
Pages: 3
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Select Group Ushers in Reading Policy
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy
Education Week, v24 n2 p1, 22-23 Sep 2004
In this article, the author describes G. Reid Lyon, the director of the branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that sponsors studies on reading, whom crisscrossed the country to herald the findings of scientific research on the subject and press for sweeping change in reading instruction. Lyon's presentations on the science of reading are often interspersed with criticism of teacher educators and those who do not support to his views on research. However, his intensive campaign to convince lawmakers, educators, and parents that science holds the answers to sound reading instruction has been effective.
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Reading Skills, Skill Development, Decoding (Reading)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France; United Kingdom (Reading)
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