The reading wars are over
HGSE Professor Catherine Snow

This 1998 report from the National Research Council brought an end to the raging "reading wars." Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children offers groundbreaking consensus on effective literacy practice for young children. A committee of nationally recognized professors and educators, chaired by HGSE Shattuck Professor of Education Catherine Snow, concluded that no single reading method, used in isolation, works best for all children. Recommendations encourage teachers to use a mix of phonics and language experiences to support the development of a wide range of learners in a context where literacy demands are increasing at a dramatic rate.

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Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin, Editors
Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
National Research Council
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, DC 1998