I've cross-referenced this tribute to Dick with a thread on the 'General Forum' dedicated to some of the 'giants' in the field of reading instruction:


viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1172&start=10

The thread, link below, is a heartfelt tribute to the work of Richard (Dick) Schutz - thanks to the contribution of Faith Borkowsky.

Another of our 'giants' who is gone, but not forgotten:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1427&p=3018#p3018

... a heartfelt biography which leaves no doubts about the calibre of Dick as a family man along with his contribution to the field of reading: ... https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Schutz-882

Here is a link to Dick's papers:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/Abs ... id=1199505

... much-deserved, personal tribute to literacy researcher, Richard Schutz (known to many as 'Dick'): Richard E. Schutz Walk for Community Solutions https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=176803364634596 ...

I'm linking to Dick Schutz's comments on the 'natural experiment' of the year one phonics check:

http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... ?f=2&t=691

I'm linking to another thread which is directly related to this one - which starts with comments from Dick Schutz and includes research summaries and references supplied by Kerry Hempenstall:


http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... ?f=2&t=669

... on this thread, so I posted a comment on the blog to alert Matt to Dick Schutz's comments and observations: http://thenferblog.org/2015/07/06/the-truth-about-the-phonics-screening-check/comment-page-1/#comment-30883 ...