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Who Is Doug Carnine?

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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.

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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!

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

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