Day by day one begins to see more Real Books and Whole Language articles.  Here is another:
Phonics or Whole Language Debate
As phonics fails to deliver the target of full literacy again, one can feel the pendulum beginning to creak into motion.
The truth is that this cycle has been going on for over a century with neither system delivering on its promises.
I hope that we can break that pattern over the coming few years with Easyread.
– David