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July 13
AI in education
UChicago Law Bans Laptops to Build Thinkers Before It Teaches AI
UChicago Law School banned laptops from all first-year classrooms as the cornerstone of a new AI strategy. The reason the coverage missed: this is what learning science says to do.…
Innovation
Most Schools Were Not Built for How Your Child Actually Learns
Wyoming’s CHANGE Playbook reached 43% of the state’s students by replacing rigid curriculum with internships, life skills, and flexible schedules. Learning science documented the need for this approach decades ago.…
Dyslexia
Teen Dyslexia Advocate Gives Kids What Schools Often Don’t
Miss South Dakota’s Teen is classroom-hopping across the state with a dyslexia message backed by hard neuroscience, and the part she’s pointing to is something schools rarely say out loud.
Education policy
School Mental Health Funding Fight Sidesteps the Kids Likeliest to Need It
Fifteen states are fighting to restore a billion dollars in school mental health funding. The research says that is worth protecting — and that kids with unidentified learning differences face…
July 12
Education policy
School Fraud Took $225 Million From the Kids Who Needed It Most
Watchdogs found $225 million in alleged K-12 fraud across 90 cases over six years. The research on education spending shows those dollars lift disadvantaged and struggling learners most. That is…
Innovation
Schools Cut Chronic Absenteeism 35 Percent When Parents Became Partners, Not Spectators
Lowell educators showcased a 35% drop in chronic absenteeism and 230%+ rise in family engagement. Harvard says the effect rivals poverty. Most schools still design families out of learning.
Education policy
NC Schools Miss Federal Special Ed Evaluation Deadlines for One in Four Students
NC schools completed special ed evaluations on time for just 74% of referred students last year — Wake County hit 42.5%. Federal law requires 100%. If your child has an…
Education policy
Four-Day School Weeks Are Spreading, and Struggling Readers Pay the Price
Indiana’s new law puts real guardrails on four-day school weeks. Buried in the fine print is an admission the research has been making for years: struggling readers bear the highest…
Dyslexia
Archbishop With Dyslexia Draws the Line Between Accommodating and Thriving
Archbishop Sarah Mullally, who has dyslexia, told the Church of England’s General Synod there is a difference between neurodivergent people “functioning” and “flourishing.” For parents of children who learn differently,…