... English, of phonics itself, and demonstrates the complexity of the system and the associated benefits and limitations in the theory and practice of reading. Part IV reviews the ... the even epistemologically and methodologically narrow findings of the National Reading Panel (Alling-ton, 20 02; Garan, 20 02; Foorman & Fletcher, 20 03; Shanahan, 20 01, 20 02, 20 03; ... discussions of the earlier chapters the political nature of the supposed problem of literacy in Amer-ica, the pseudoscientific solution to this pseudoproblem, and the reclaim-ing of an...