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Dyslexia Jun 29 California’s Billion-Dollar Reading Push Has a Gap Phonics Instruction Won’t Fill California's $1B science-of-reading overhaul and mandatory K-2 screener mark a real shift. But the screener identifies risk, not cause. For children with co-occurring processing challenges, phonics instruction alone won't close… AI in education Jun 29 Research Confirms AI Builds Student Skills One Way, Undermines Them Another A spring 2025 experiment at Middlebury College found students who used AI to automate their work scored worse than no-AI peers by week two. Those who used AI to push… AI in education Jun 29 Research Confirms AI Builds Student Skills One Way, Undermines Them Another A spring 2025 experiment at Middlebury College found students who used AI to automate their work scored worse than no-AI peers by week two. Those who used AI to push… Dyslexia Jun 29 One in Three California Teacher Programs Still Fails the Reading Science Test A national report found 47 percent of teacher preparation programs still fail on science-of-reading standards, and California fares worse than the national average despite a billion-dollar literacy reform. The science… Dyslexia Jun 29 What Gary Payton II’s Dyslexia Story Proves About How Reading Brains Change Gary Payton II's foundation brings free dyslexia screenings and basketball to Oakland youth this week. His own story points to something the coverage skips: the early identification, daily practice, and… Dyslexia Jun 29 What Gary Payton II’s Dyslexia Story Proves About How Reading Brains Change Gary Payton II's foundation brings free dyslexia screenings and basketball to Oakland youth this week. His own story points to something the coverage skips: the early identification, daily practice, and… AI in education Jun 29 AI Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ For Struggling Readers, the Risks Go Deeper A Senate hearing on AI in schools named the risk: “cognitive surrender,” when AI replaces rather than assists thinking. For children still building phonological and reading skills, the risk is… Dyslexia Jun 29 What Orton-Gillingham Really Means: Only 20 U.S. Programs Qualify A California school just became one of approximately 20 programs in America to earn Orton-Gillingham Academy accreditation. The news matters more to parents across the country than to families in… Dyslexia Jun 29 What Orton-Gillingham Really Means: Only 20 U.S. Programs Qualify A California school just became one of approximately 20 programs in America to earn Orton-Gillingham Academy accreditation. The news matters more to parents across the country than to families in… AI in education Jun 29 AI Cheating Detectors Are Flagging the Students Who Need Support Most AI cheating detectors flag genuine student writing as machine-generated up to 83 percent of the time. The students most likely to be wrongly accused are those with dyslexia, ADHD, and…