Having heard versions of this debate in many setting, grade level meetings, grad school classes, conversations with parents, I feel (as a non- linguists) that we already live with a general compromise. The autonomous model serves as a foundation and mediator between the ever growing number of ideologically recognised literacies. removing the autonomous model in complete favor of the ideological model would fail to recognise that standardised grammar, and language allow for the many permutations that we are now welcoming into the sphere of literacy. While a word like "Work" mean very different activities when used by a lawyer or physicist (Example taken from Gee) having a set spelling and basic definition is necessary for an ideological group to expanded or customized. Without that fundamental definition of the word "work" or basic rules for communication, the fluid code switching we do as we move between ideological groups would be exceedingly difficult.
Returning to education, it is necessary to work with students in different ideological environments so they can expand their range of communication skills. Also, because I'm assuming that all ideological literacies have overlapping areas with other groups, the values of autonomous literacy allow for students to make the connections necessary to move between groups.
While I'm not refuting the more complex, inclusive and dynamic concept of literacy represented by the ideological literacies, I am saying that among the various literacies there is an inherent foundation routed in the autonomous model.
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