Part 2: P David Pearson Reflects on the Meaning of the Whole Language Movement for Today

In Part 1 of this podcast series, David talks about his article “Reading the Whole Language Movement” (1989), which was written as a review and critique of the Whole Language movement near the height of its influence as a reform effort.

In Part 2 David links lessons from the movement to the present and talks about the influence of the Science of Reading in policy, research, and pedagogy.