Media Articles on Reading First Program

Current News Articles

(See also 2004-2005 Archived Articles on Reading First)
(See also 2006 Archived Articles on Reading First)
 

Reading Curricula Don't Make Cut for Federal Review, Education Week Online, August 15, 2007

News Roundup, Spellings Criticizes 'Reading First' Cuts, Education Week, June 19, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Evaluation Indicates Limited Effects Under Early Reading First Program, Education Week, June 13, 2007

David J. Hoff, House Panel Votes to Slash 'Reading First' Aid, Education Week, June 8, 2007

Sean Cavanaugh, Former ‘Reading First’ Adviser to Leave Federal Post, Education Week, May 23, 2007

Op-Ed, Reading recovery, The Baltimore (MD) Sun, May 17, 2007 (archived)

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Senate Report Cites ‘Reading First’ Conflicts, Education Week, May 15, 2007

Katherine Geyer, Dems: Education Hearings Overdue, The Santa Clarita Valley (CA) Signal, May 12, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Spellings Faces Tough Questioning on Hill, Education Week, May 10, 2007

Kelly Field, Three most recent discussions, Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription), May 10, 2007 (archived)

Secretary Spellings' Prepared Testimony Before the House Committee ...
U.S. Department of Education (press release) - Washington, DC, May 10, 2007

Nancy Zuckerbrod, Report probes UO officials' ties to publishers, The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, May 10, 2007

Nancy Zuckerbrod, Report details conflicts in Reading First program, Bryan College Station Eagle, Bryan-College Station, TX, May 10, 2007

Aliza Marcus, Kennedy accuses directors, Worcester Telegram, Worcester, MA, May 10, 2007

Sam Dillon and Jonathan D. Glater, House Passes Ban on Gifts From Student Lenders to Colleges, New York Times, May 10, 2007

AP (Nancy Zuckerbrod), More conflicts disclosed in Reading First program, Boston (MA) Herald, May 9, 2007

Nancy Zuckerbrod, Report details reading program conflicts, Akron (NE) Farm Report, May 9, 2007

C. Johnson, More Conflicts Revealed in Federal Reading First Program, News10.net (ABC) Sacramento, CA, May 9, 2007

More conflicts disclosed in Reading First program, KVIA.com, El Paso, TX (from AP story), May 10, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Senate Report Details ‘Reading First’ Conflicts of Interest, Education Week, May 9, 2007

Nancy Zuckerbrod, More Conflicts Found in Reading Program, The Associated Press (printed in www.washingtonpost.com ) May 9, 2007 (archived)

Office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Kennedy Releases Report on Reading First Investigation, May 9, 2007

Linda Darling-Hammond, Pedro Noguera, Velma L. Cobb & Deborah Meier, Evaluating 'No Child Left Behind,” The Nation, May 2, 2007 (May 21, 2007 issue)

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Spellings Called to Testify About ‘Reading First’ Complaints, Education Week, May 2, 2007

Lynn Olson, DIBELS Involved in ‘Reading First’ Controversies, Education Week, May 2, 2007

Rob Hotakainen, Has bias jeopardized reading program? Kansas City Star, April 29, 2007 (archived)

William Bainbridge, Corruption in No Child law spurs congressional probe, Florida Times-Union, April 26, 2007

Corruption in Reading First Program Shows Need for Additional Safeguards in the Law,
California Chronicle, April 26, 2007

Rahm Emanuel, Politicizing Government Service, www.tompaine.com, April 25, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, 'Reading First' Information Sent to Justice Dept., Education Week, April 25, 2007

Greg Toppo, Reading program to get Justice review, USA Today, April 23, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, House Panel Grills Witnesses on Reading First, Education Week, April 23, 2007

Diana Jean Schemo, Justice Dept. Is Asked to Investigate Reading Plan, New York Times, April 21, 2007

Amit R. Paley, Key Initiative Of 'No Child' Under Federal Investigation, The Washington Post, April 21, 2007

Jesse J. Holland, Reading program referred to Justice, AP News wire, April 21, 2007 (archived); Also published in The Columbus (OH) Dispatch, Reading Program Scrutinized; The Concord (NH) Monitor, Reading First program faces legal scrutiny; The Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, Reading program referred to Justice(archived); The Boston Globe, Reading program referred to Justice; Guardian Unlimited (UK) Criminal Referral Made in Reading Probe; Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram, Feds probe $1B reading program.

Greg Toppo, Textbook Scandal Reaches Congress, USA Today, April 16, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Reading Probe Will Continue on Capitol Hill, Education Week, April 4, 2007

Michelle R. Davis, Watchdog’s Oversight Is Having Wide Impact, Education Week, April 4, 2007

Aaron LeClair, RF program: Pros and cons, Laramie Boomerang, Laramie, WY, April 4, 2007

Associated Press, Contractor evaluating own reading program, www.cnn.com, April 1, 2007 (archived)

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo 'Reading First' Contractor Neglected Bias Rules Education Week, March 14, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Ed. Dept. Allowed Singling Out of ‘Reading First’ Products, Education Week, March 8, 2007

Diana Jean Schemo, In War Over Teaching Reading, a US-Local Clash New York Times, March 8, 2007

Kris Kitto, Final audit cites Reading First for conflicts of interest, Education Daily (by subscription only), March 8, 2007

Title I Monitor, OIG: ED May Have Violated Law via Reading First Training Academies, February 23, 2007 (archived)