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Here's some of what Shanahan has to say about Emily Hanford, the creator of that "ridiculous podcast." See Shanahan's blog for the full post. (www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/is-emil...)
I admire Emily Hanford and her work. I’ve been interviewed several times by her over the years. She always has treated me respectfully. She asks probing questions and relies on relevant research for the most part. In my experience, her quotes are accurate and fitting. That doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with all her views or even how she frames some of her arguments. Nevertheless, in my opinion, she usually gets things right, and I’m sympathetic with most of her conclusions since I believe they’re more in tune with what research reveals about reading instruction than the positions of her supposedly expert critics. Emily Hanford’s investigative reporting has been useful; a welcome relief from the wishful but misleading reporting that has often plagued this topic. (Patti Ghezzi, the astute former educational reporter for the Atlanta Constitution, recently provide an exceptionally candid account of why her past reporting went so wrong -- included in Maureen Downey's column). For many schools these reports have led and will lead to a serious rethinking of how best to meet young children’s reading needs. Perhaps, some of these long overdue appraisals will be led by wise schoolmen and women who will wonder, “Gee, if we so missed the boat on phonics, how are we doing with other aspects of reading? Maybe we could do better.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Shanahan was a member of the Panel and supports direct, explicit, systematic instruction in phonics and the other components of literacy mentioned. For example, from Shanahan's blog (www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/print-t...)
Back in National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000) days, we analyzed the effectiveness of phonics across 38 experimental and quasi-experimental studies (that looked at 18 different curricula). Our conclusion was that phonics added a valuable ingredient to literacy teaching, and that programs that included explicit systematic phonics generally outperformed those that did not.
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On a wing and a prayer.
October 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
250 going out on Thursday! Wine/beer and a Curb Your Enthusiasm rewatch powered me through.
October 23, 2024 at 2:26 AM