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August 28
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…
August 25
Vanderbilt’s Dyslexia School Expands as the Field Rethinks What Dyslexia Is Dyslexia Vanderbilt’s Dyslexia School Expands as the Field Rethinks What Dyslexia Is Vanderbilt opened a newly expanded school built entirely for children who struggle to read. Ten months earlier, and with far less fanfare, the field rewrote its own definition of dyslexia,…
August 21
Smart Kids Do Struggle: One Prep School Built Its Program on It Dyslexia Smart Kids Do Struggle: One Prep School Built Its Program on It A smart kid who struggles must be lazy, or so the old reflex goes. A New York prep school and the dyslexia field's own 2025 definition both say otherwise, and…
August 17
Three Siblings Who Struggle to Read Wrote Twelve Books Together Dyslexia Three Siblings Who Struggle to Read Wrote Twelve Books Together Three siblings in Colorado Springs, all with dyslexia, wrote twelve books and built a small business. The easy story is “inspiring exception.” The reading science tells a sharper one: a…
August 8
Texas Offers Free Audiobooks for Struggling Readers. Access Is Not Instruction Dyslexia Texas Offers Free Audiobooks for Struggling Readers. Access Is Not Instruction Texas is promoting 180,000 free audiobooks for students who struggle with reading. The program is real help, and it is not reading instruction. How to claim the library, keep the…
August 5
Dyslexia Screening Expands to 8th Grade. The Flag Is Not the Fix Dyslexia Dyslexia Screening Expands to 8th Grade. The Flag Is Not the Fix A major curriculum publisher will now screen for reading risk from kindergarten through 8th grade. Catching older struggling readers is progress. New 47-state research shows why the flag alone changes…
August 4
A teacher and student work together during an AI-assisted reading screening session Dyslexia Georgia Mandated AI Dyslexia Screening. The Privacy Fight Misses the Real Problem. Georgia made AI dyslexia screening mandatory for every kindergartner. Atlanta parents are raising data privacy concerns. That fight is legitimate, and it is not the fight that determines whether the…
July 31
Michigan Stops Waiting for Failure and Takes Dyslexia Training to Preschool Dyslexia Michigan Stops Waiting for Failure and Takes Dyslexia Training to Preschool Michigan will train preschool educators to recognize the earliest indicators of dyslexia, years before its K-3 screening law takes effect. Behind the announcement sits a bigger shift: the end of…
July 29
Mississippi Screens Every Child for Dyslexia. Then the Help Runs Out Dyslexia Mississippi Screens Every Child for Dyslexia. Then the Help Runs Out 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…