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August 8
Responsive Parenting Offset a Prenatal ADHD Risk, New Study Finds ADHD Responsive Parenting Offset a Prenatal ADHD Risk, New Study Finds Researchers followed 302 families from pregnancy to age three. A biological ADHD risk turned into symptoms only when early caregiving was less responsive than average. Here is why that finding… Florida High School Launches Dyslexia Support That Requires a Diagnosis First Dysgraphia Florida High School Launches Dyslexia Support That Requires a Diagnosis First A West Palm Beach high school opens a dedicated literacy track for teens diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. The teaching is the structured, explicit kind. The entry ticket is the…
August 7
Denmark’s AI Cheating Fix: Students Must Now Defend Essays Out Loud AI in education Denmark’s AI Cheating Fix: Students Must Now Defend Essays Out Loud Denmark ordered students to defend written work out loud after AI cheating spread through its schools. The firewalls made headlines. The idea underneath belongs to every parent tonight: ask your…
August 5
Dyslexia Screening Expands to 8th Grade. The Flag Is Not the Fix Dyslexia Dyslexia Screening Expands to 8th Grade. The Flag Is Not the Fix A major curriculum publisher will now screen for reading risk from kindergarten through 8th grade. Catching older struggling readers is progress. New 47-state research shows why the flag alone changes…
August 4
A teacher and student work together during an AI-assisted reading screening session Dyslexia Georgia Mandated AI Dyslexia Screening. The Privacy Fight Misses the Real Problem. Georgia made AI dyslexia screening mandatory for every kindergartner. Atlanta parents are raising data privacy concerns. That fight is legitimate, and it is not the fight that determines whether the… Arkansas Is Holding Back Third Graders. Retention Is the Wrong Fight Education policy Arkansas Is Holding Back Third Graders. Retention Is the Wrong Fight Arkansas's third-grade reading gate is live and the first retention decisions are out. The loud fight over holding kids back hides a bigger number, and the classroom entitlements the law…
August 3
Pennsylvania Parents Will Now Hear Less About Lead in School Water Education policy Pennsylvania Parents Will Now Hear Less About Lead in School Water Pennsylvania's budget quietly raised the bar for reporting lead in school drinking water from any detection to 5 parts per billion. The EPA's health goal is zero. What changed, what…
August 2
Brain Training Made Adults With ADHD Feel Sharper. Tests Disagreed. ADHD Brain Training Made Adults With ADHD Feel Sharper. Tests Disagreed. A new trial found adults with ADHD felt sharper after 12 weeks of brain training while objective tests measured no change. What that gap means before your family spends money,…
July 31
Michigan Stops Waiting for Failure and Takes Dyslexia Training to Preschool Dyslexia Michigan Stops Waiting for Failure and Takes Dyslexia Training to Preschool Michigan will train preschool educators to recognize the earliest indicators of dyslexia, years before its K-3 screening law takes effect. Behind the announcement sits a bigger shift: the end of…
July 30
What Florida’s New Child Medication Guidance Gets Right, and What It Risks ADHD What Florida’s New Child Medication Guidance Gets Right, and What It Risks Florida now urges therapy and lifestyle review before psychiatric medication for children 5 to 17. One side calls it an attack, the other a rescue. Both slogans fail parents. What…