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September 4
A Reading Credential That Reaches Well Past Phonics, and Why It Matters Dyslexia A Reading Credential That Reaches Well Past Phonics, and Why It Matters A Pennsylvania university earned a top dyslexia-reading credential, and the coverage filed it as one more win for phonics. The credential's own definition tells a longer story: even the standard…
September 3
A New Study Suggests Dyslexia Reaches Past Reading Itself Dyslexia A New Study Suggests Dyslexia Reaches Past Reading Itself Dyslexia has long been treated as a phonics problem to be drilled away. A new study found dyslexia-linked differences in a learning task that was not reading at all, and… Dyslexia Help Doesn’t Have to Wait for a Diagnosis Dyslexia Dyslexia Help Doesn’t Have to Wait for a Diagnosis A new British Dyslexia Association report puts hard numbers on the dyslexia diagnosis gap: only 1 in 3 were diagnosed at primary school. The push for earlier diagnosis is right.…
September 1
When a Reading App Shows the Picture Decides Whether It Helps Dyslexia When a Reading App Shows the Picture Decides Whether It Helps A small new study is being shared as proof that AI pictures help children with dyslexia read. The more useful finding is hiding in the method: the children read the… A New Federal Category For Dyslexia Is A Door, Not A Plan Dyslexia A New Federal Category For Dyslexia Is A Door, Not A Plan A rising push wants to give dyslexia its own federal category, and it is being cheered as pure progress. But the leading bill defines dyslexia by a model the field’s…
August 30
Iowa Now Tests Future Teachers on Reading Science Before They Teach Dyslexia Iowa Now Tests Future Teachers on Reading Science Before They Teach For decades teachers were trained to teach children to guess words from pictures. Iowa now tests its future teachers on the science of reading before they graduate. But testing the…
August 29
Your Child Was Never Born to Read. New Brain Science Explains Why. Dyslexia Your Child Was Never Born to Read. New Brain Science Explains Why. Your child learned to talk without a single lesson, so why does reading refuse to come the same way? A new brain study has an answer, and it reframes the…
August 28
Massachusetts’s New Reading Law Is More Than Phonics. So Is the Science. Dyslexia Massachusetts’s New Reading Law Is More Than Phonics. So Is the Science. Massachusetts signed a sweeping early-literacy law, and most coverage filed it as a phonics mandate. The statute's own definition names five components, and the science behind it is broader still.… Taught to Decode, Struggling Readers Tripled Their Reading Progress Dyslexia Taught to Decode, Struggling Readers Tripled Their Reading Progress A Canadian reading project tripled struggling second-graders' progress by teaching them to decode, not guess. The headline number is preliminary, but the science underneath is not: a child who looks…
August 26
AI Reading Tools and Dyslexia: Build the Skill or Bypass It? Dyslexia AI Reading Tools and Dyslexia: Build the Skill or Bypass It? Nigerian educators are calling for more AI and assistive technology to help children with dyslexia, and the access those tools give is real. But six experts in one story skip…