« Foresman Author Simmons Gets Reading First Subpoena | Main | The Research-Policy Disconnect »

Who Is Doug Carnine?

By Alexander Russo on April 10, 2007 9:31 AM | 2 Comments

My morning Reading First reading turned up the name Doug Carnine -- a name that's new to me and seems wonderfully carnivorous. According to this post (Lawmaking- turned- moneymaking), Carnine is a former student of of Ed Kame’enui and then U.S. Commissioner of Special Education who followed Bush to Washington and developed Reading First. No subpoena for Carnine, however.

2 Comments

Posted by: Chris Hull | May 15, 2007 11:40 PM

Slow down all ye with your pitch forks, torches, and others who like to hear what only they want to know... The programs Carnine, Kame-enui, and many others promote actually WORK!!! Hello!

Posted by: Mary Opalenik | June 8, 2007 8:00 PM

I've successfully used Carnine's materials and his phonics' approach. Non-readers became readers. Isn't that the goal? I suppose some teachers find the approach dry and lacking in fanfare. Empirical approaches to teaching are a way for us, as teachers, to understand clearly what works and why it works. Mary Opalenik

Comments are now closed for this post.