http://edexcellence.net/articles/carmen-fari%C3%B1as-war-on-evidence
Start here. You might do a search on the edexcellence website for TC Reading. It’s supposedly “balanced literacy,” but displays a bias against phonics that borders on lunacy.
The progressive philosophy of education can be summarized as “values trumps data.” The two can’t even be in the room together, much less positions in a debate.
The best data driven ed researcher I know of is Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst. He ran the Ed Department’s What Works Clearinghouse during the W. Bush administration.
Thanks, I read that and left a comment. I know a teacher in Brooklyn who’s been screaming about Calkins for years. TC is where it all started with John Dewey around 1910.