This book explores the driving forces behind the current government-sponsored resurrection of phonics, and the arguments used to justify it. It examines the roles played by three key factors--corporate America, politicians, and state-supported reading re
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"The book synthesizes information from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, neurology, education, economics, and politics. It is a must-read for literacy scholars, education and policy makers, and school administrators. It is also a valuable resource for classroom teachers and concerned parents who want to do something about the increasingly federalized school curriculum." - Language Arts"This book provides a missing facet in continuing efforts to expose the fallacies of the scientific research paradigm, by synthesizing the various coalitions behind...the current government mandates. I don't know of another work that pulls it all together and examines the motives behind the push for phonics. Strauss has extensive knowledge of various fields such as corporate and political agendas and quite brilliantly establishes the motives behind their intersection." - Elaine M. GaranCalifornia State University, Fresno"The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics: Silent 'E' Speaks Out works to reappropriate science and scholarship from a government that has its head in the sand about reading research and pedagogy. It is a wonderful contribution to the field. Theoretical and scholarly, it has a home on the shelves of linguists as well as reading researchers and graduate students in reading and literacy." - Richard J. MeyerUniversity of New Mexico