Portugal students built an award-winning AI reading companion for dyslexia — three prizes, five pilot schools, 100+ students. Before you download the next award-winning reading app, one question will tell you more than any prize certificate.
India’s Supreme Court confirmed in April 2026 that no validated adult dyscalculia assessment tools exist—anywhere in India. The same gap exists in the U.S. Here is what the science says about building skills that outlast the system.
California’s $2.4 billion special education increase includes one standout item: free statewide dyslexia screening for K-2 students via UCSF’s Multitudes tool. The screener is the right call. What happens after a positive screen is where this investment either delivers or does not.
UK data shows 100,207 young adults on ADHD disability benefits — up 40% in nine months. A Lancet study of 3.5 million records finds ADHD recorded at 1.19% against a 3–5% real prevalence. These are not the same story.
Texas Education Freedom Accounts promised disability families up to $30,000 in private school funding. Of 43,090 applicants, 20 got near the maximum. The deeper issue is what every family surrenders the moment they leave public school.
Arkansas is the fifth state to receive a federal education flexibility waiver, and the assessment accountability requirements being simplified were the same ones forcing schools to find struggling readers early. Here is what parents need to ask before school starts.
AI is near-universal in higher education and accelerating into K-12 classrooms. Global teacher unions are sounding the alarm. For children who struggle with reading or attention, the evidence points to what AI has not solved, and what parents should be asking before the next rollout.
Congress introduced two bipartisan bills to bring AI instruction to every K-12 classroom. The research base has 20 rigorous studies, and they show access alone does not close the gap. Here is what that means for a child who learns differently.
A new FDA-commissioned study found ADHD stimulant misuse fell sharply since 2016. The same years produced the worst medication shortage in recent history, with 71.5 percent of patients unable to fill prescriptions. Here is what the good-news headlines missed.
Federal enforcement forced telehealth ADHD providers to pivot toward coaching and therapy. For parents, the striking part is not the crackdown—it is how long the evidence backed exactly this approach.
