Archive of Media Articles on Reading First Program

2006 News Articles

(See also, Current Media Articles on the Reading First Investigation.)    
(See also, Education Organizations Speak Out, below)
(See also 2004-2005 Archived Articles on Reading First)

Alis Headlam, Confusion clouds reading program, The Rutland Herald, November 16, 2006

William Bainbridge, D.C. insiders leave education out in the cold, The Columbus (OH) Dispatch, November 4, 2006

David J. Hoff ‘Reading First’ Details Sought by Lawmakers, Education Week, October 11, 2006 (must be subscriber)

October 9, 2006 Editorial - Another View: Reading first, Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader Sept. 26, 2006

James Gerstenzang and Joel Havemann, "Bush Says He'll Strengthen Education Policy," Los Angeles Times, October 6, 2006 (archived)

Editorial - Beware the ‘right’ fix for reading program, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, October 6, 2006 (archived)

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Scathing Report Casts Cloud Over ‘Reading First’, Education Week, October 4, 2006 (must be subscriber). Reprinted on www.civilrights.org website

Jennifer Smith Richards, Report rips federal reading initiative, The Columbus (OH) Dispatch, October 4, 2006

Editorial - Turf war first; reading later, The Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, October 3, 2006

Mark Grunwald, The Education Issue, The Washington Post, October 1, 2006

Editorial - Dick and Jane go bad, The Boston Globe, September 30, 2006

Editorial - Educratic bungling, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Saturday, September 30, 2006

Editorial - "Reading First grant process needs to be cleaned up," The Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent, September 29, 2006 (archived)

Editorial - A chapter on hubris, Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel, September 29, 2006 (archived)

Editorial - Something rotten in Reading First, Anniston (AL) Star, September 28, 2006

Letter to Editor - Letter from Jackie Edmondson of Boalsburg, Reading Between the Lines, Centre (PA) Daily Times, September 28, 2006

Greg Toppo, Federal managers abused powers, Education IG says, www.FederalTimes.com, September 26, 2006

Staff Reports,  "Rep. Miller seeks education inquiry," Inside Bay Area, CA, September 26, 2006 (archived)

Paul Basken, Lawmaker Asks Criminal Probe of U.S. Reading Program (Update1), Bloomberg News, September 25, 2006

Liz Bowie, "Favoritism guided funds for reading, report says," Baltimore Sun, September 26, 2006 (archived)

Joanne Morrison, Bush reading program blasted in internal audit, Reuters, Sep 23, 2006

Editorial, Reading First’s Scandalous Underbelly, Rocky Mountain News, September 26, 2006

Greg Toppo, Publishers seek recourse after audit slams federal reading program, USA Today, September 24, 2006

Paul Basken, Reading First program corrupt, audit shows, Bloomberg News (Northwest Herald), September 23, 2006 (archived)

Sam Dillon, "Report Says Education Officials Violated Rules," New York Times, September 23, 2006  (archived)

Lee Sensenbrenner and Susan Troller, Audit blasts U.S. reading program; Madison had rejected it, The Capital (Madison, WI) Times, September 23, 2006

Ben Feller, "Audit finds Education Department missteps," AP Newswire, September 22, 2006. This story was carried by news media outlets, both print and on-line, including www.yahoo.com, www.forbes.com, www.cnn.com, www.salon.com, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, The Delaware (Ohio) Gazette, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and others. (no longer available on web)

Thompson Publishing Group, Reading first program ignored apparent conflicts of interest, IG says, September 22, 2006

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Federal Review of Reading First Identifies Serious Problems,  Education Week, September 22, 2006

Education Organizations Speak Out

International Reading Association, See IRA Seeks Further Reading First Investigation, September 26, 2006

National Council of Teachers of English, Reading First: NCTE Praises Reading First Audit: Calls for Further Investigation, September 25, 2006

American Educational Research Association