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Review title: Who needs data when you have a rich fantasy life?
Product review: Based on the absurd notion that learning to read is the same as learning to speak a language; and therefore explicit instruction is not needed. Whole language nonsense like this, pushed by education professors and bought by gullible teachers and school principals, helps to explain why a substantial proportion of this generation of students is illiterate and does so poorly on all subjects (math, science) that require reading competence. One day (hopefully in the not too distant future) we will see whole language as a nightmare from which we are just beginning to awaken.
