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August 11
Texas Rated the Schools. Nobody Rated the Reading Instruction. Education policy Texas Rated the Schools. Nobody Rated the Reading Instruction. New Texas school grades land August 14. A Tribune analysis found majority-Black campuses drew far more F's than A's, and parents face wrenching choices. The letter reports test outcomes. It… Arizona’s 60% Classroom Rule Counts Athletics, Not Counselors or Nurses Education policy Arizona’s 60% Classroom Rule Counts Athletics, Not Counselors or Nurses Arizona's Proposition 320 would force big districts to spend 60 percent of their budgets on direct instruction. The catch sits in the definition: athletics count, while the counselors, nurses, and… ADHD Skills Training Keeps Working After the Sessions End, Review Finds ADHD ADHD Skills Training Keeps Working After the Sessions End, Review Finds The largest review of skills-based therapy for adult ADHD finds daily functioning improves, keeps improving after sessions end, and does not always track symptom change. For parents, that reframes the… Washington Proposes Fewer Head Start Rules. Parents Become the Quality Check Education policy Washington Proposes Fewer Head Start Rules. Parents Become the Quality Check A proposed federal rule would remove Head Start's class size, ratio, and curriculum requirements while projecting 236,000 added seats. One side sees local control, the other a rollback. The science…
August 10
Better Homework, Less Learning: The AI Question Every Parent Should Ask AI in education Better Homework, Less Learning: The AI Question Every Parent Should Ask The OECD's Digital Education Outlook 2026 finds AI reliably improves student work without improving the student. Practice scores rose 48 percent; unassisted exam scores fell 17. Here is the question… Eye-Tracking AI Will Flag Struggling Readers. Eyes Were Never the Problem. AI in education Eye-Tracking AI Will Flag Struggling Readers. Eyes Were Never the Problem. An eye-tracking app that flags struggling readers is spreading across three continents, and its maker claims it diagnoses true reading ability. The gaze signal is real. The cause is not… Oklahoma Doubled Recess and Banned Taking It Away as Punishment Education policy Oklahoma Doubled Recess and Banned Taking It Away as Punishment Oklahoma doubled elementary recess to 40 minutes a day and barred schools from withholding it as punishment. What the law requires, what the evidence supports, and the questions worth asking… The ‘Is ADHD Real?’ TV Fight Buries the Question Parents Need ADHD The ‘Is ADHD Real?’ TV Fight Buries the Question Parents Need Channel 4's 'The Great ADHD Myth?' drew open letters before an air date existed. Inside the loudest ADHD fight of the year sits a single point of agreement, and for… ADHD Medication Steadies Brain Networks. It Doesn’t Teach the Skills. ADHD ADHD Medication Steadies Brain Networks. It Doesn’t Teach the Skills. A brain-imaging study shows a single dose of ADHD medication steadying children's brain networks, and headlines stopped there. The full picture includes what the study left unmeasured, what pediatric guidance… Retrain the Brain for Dysgraphia? The Evidence Says Teach the Skill Dysgraphia Retrain the Brain for Dysgraphia? The Evidence Says Teach the Skill A Psychology Today article tells parents accommodations fail children who struggle with writing, and urges brain-targeted correction instead. The writing research points the other way, and the author leads a…