Word: grahams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dean Patricia A. Graham--one of several educators faulting the 65-page booklet, entitled "What Works: Research About Teaching and Learning"--said the report does not acknowledge the importance of federally funded programs, such as those for children in low-income families...
...Graham, in criticizing the book, emphasized the vital role federal monies have played and must continue to play in educating underprivileged children...
...know that nine-year-old boys in the South are now reading at a higher level than ever before in our history. It seems unlikely that this has occurred because Mommy and Daddy read to them. Rather, they have been the recipients of federally funded programs," Graham told The New York Times...
Responding to Graham's criticisms, Education Department spokesman Mike Becker said, "I question whether she has read the report; otherwise she wouldn't have made such a comment...
Despite what she perceived as inadequacies in the report, Graham praised the government's efforts to disseminate information about successful educational methods...