Fwd: sent to miller

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

Please everybody write to him. <george.miller@mail.house.gov> You dont have to be
as nice as Elaine (shes always nice!).

Susan

Begin forwarded message:

  From: elaine garan <egaran@mac.com>

  Date: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:06:25 PM US/Pacific

  To: susanharman@igc.org

  Subject: sent to miller

  Here's what I sent to Miller in case you want to email piggy backing so he
  gets the same-ish message from a number of people:

  Thank you for your diligent and ethical pursuit of the truth about the
  implementation of Reading First, particularly in your exposure of the rampant
  conflicts of interest among the "researchers." I understand that a comment
  from my second book, In Defense of Our Children: When Politics, Profit and
  Education Collide was read into the Congressional Record. I stated that when
  preparing for a presentation on Reading First, I tried to construct a flow
  chart linking the key researchers to the companies representing their own
  vested financial interests and that when I came to Edward Kame'enui, I "ran
  out of colors." That is a true story. I sat there scratching my head because
  the flow chart was so tangled that it looked like something from another
  dimension.

  I've been involved in exposing this debacle from the time the Report of the
  National Reading Panel was released in 2001. Exposing those manipulations and
  misrepresentations has been my white whale for all these years and at last,
  someone has had the courage to take these guys on. Just as an aside,
  Kame'enui has consistently refused to reveal how much he makes from his
  various and sundry entrepreneurial research studies. At one meeting in
  Oregon, a friend of mine asked him how much he received in royalties from his
  own products that he had researched using federal dollars and in the name of
  independent research. He answered "None of your business." This is our
  business.

  My fear is that they will stonewall or throw research terminology at you and
  that you may not have the background to address it. If you need any help in
  that area, I will be glad to offer you my services. I know the Report of the
  National Reading Panel inside out. I can recite sections and the
  contradictions within it verbatim. I just finished another book based on
  --not just the NRP report--- but on what other federal research really says
  about teaching reading as well.

  If I can help you in any way, I would be honored to assist. If you need my
  books, I'll send them. Either way, I know I'm speaking for many, many
  teachers AND children when I say, thank you for your courage and diligence in
  working for us.

  Dr. Elaine Garan

  California State University Fresno

  559-451-0101