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As someone who was taught to read and write by phonics (and who never noticed any political or religious element to it), I would be interested to read a quote from someone who was opposed to its use. The quote supplied, however, is from a pro-phonics source, as an example of "the kind of attitude" that the author perceives among those who are opposed to phonics. Are there any quotes from ''actual'' anti-phonics, anti-conservative sources we could use instead? A line from a Democrat politician maybe? Or from a decision by a predominantly-liberal school board not to use phonics? [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 09:49, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
As someone who was taught to read and write by phonics (and who never noticed any political or religious element to it), I would be interested to read a quote from someone who was opposed to its use. The quote supplied, however, is from a pro-phonics source, as an example of "the kind of attitude" that the author perceives among those who are opposed to phonics. Are there any quotes from ''actual'' anti-phonics, anti-conservative sources we could use instead? A line from a Democrat politician maybe? Or from a decision by a predominantly-liberal school board not to use phonics? [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 09:49, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
:There are plenty of examples - and the teachers' text book written by Constance Weaver is a classic one - but you might find [http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9610e&L=tawl&P=8740 this] an interesting (although long) read. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 11:56, 13 May 2008 (EDT)