Amazon describes the books as "an attack on the back-to-basics movement..." Publishers Weekly calls him an advocate. The data showing that Whole Language and

Amazon describes the books as "an attack on the back-to-basics movement..." Publishers Weekly calls him an advocate. The data showing that Whole Language and New Math are widespread and repeated. I'll take that over one partisan guy (who is a teacher, and dislikes anyone else telling him to use PROVEN methods that he doesn't enjoy as much) who argues in his screed based on anecdotes.