Mississippi screens every child for dyslexia, then families discover how scarce the actual teaching is. Two Tylertown parents opened their own school to close that gap. What their story reveals about reading instruction, and the questions every parent should ask their district.
A New York district spent $57,590 on a lifelike classroom robot. The rollout paused only after parents, teachers, and a commissioner’s letter stepped in, because no law covered it. Here is what stopped the robot, and the questions to ask before the next pilot.
An 18-year study followed children with ADHD into their late twenties. The headline numbers sound grim. The finding underneath them, in the lead author’s own words, is the one worried parents should hear first.
New York City celebrated rising test scores while the passing bar quietly dropped and promotion stayed near-automatic. Four in ten children in grades 3 through 8 missed proficiency in reading and math. Here is how to read the signals your school sends, and the ones it does not.
ADHD prescriptions in England keep climbing while 800,000 people wait for assessment. Everyone argues about the label. The NHS’s own taskforce says the part that matters for parents: help should start before the diagnosis does.
A bright Texas student fell further behind in reading every year. Eight months of structured literacy closed the gap. His mother’s pointed essay, and decades of reading science, hand parents a sharper first question than any label: what was your child taught?
More than 20 legal complaints. An 11th grader unable to spell ‘hot.’ On July 22, the nation’s fifth-largest school district agreed to expand dyslexia screening and roll out structured literacy. The science was settled decades ago. The system needed lawyers.
Most families hear medication first, skills later. Trials from a pioneering ADHD research center found the reverse order worked better and cost less, and that starting with both at once undercut the skills training. What that means for your child’s next appointment.
California’s fourth grade reading scores are climbing, and the gains track one variable: whether schools changed how they teach reading. The children were always capable. Here is what the numbers show, and what the new K-2 screening rollout means for your family.
A five-year study of more than 11,000 adolescents found compulsive social media use preceded rising ADHD symptoms in boys. The risk marker was not screen time. Here is what the research shows, and the question every parent should ask instead.
