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September 18
New Adult ADHD Guidelines Are Coming. What a Label Actually Does ADHD New Adult ADHD Guidelines Are Coming. What a Label Actually Does The first US guidelines for adult ADHD are heading into final review, arriving alongside a federally documented jump in adult stimulant prescriptions. Lost in the surge is the quieter question… Rationing or Reform? The NHS ADHD Debate Skips the Real Question ADHD Rationing or Reform? The NHS ADHD Debate Skips the Real Question England’s plan to triage ADHD diagnoses has been branded rationing. But the fight over who gets a diagnosis hides a bigger question both sides skip: what a label actually does…
September 17
A Huge New ADHD Study Rethinks What ‘Having It’ Means ADHD A Huge New ADHD Study Rethinks What ‘Having It’ Means Someone told you attention is something a child either has or does not. A new study of 13,527 adults suggests otherwise, and so does decades of child-development science. The better…
September 16
Henry Winkler at 80: Dyslexia Was Never Only About Reading Reading Henry Winkler at 80: Dyslexia Was Never Only About Reading Henry Winkler, 80, mentioned in one breath that he is dyslexic and has poor eye-hand coordination. A celebrity aside, sure. But it lands on something the field has now put…
September 15
Delaware Measures How Far Kids Move, Not Only Where They Land Innovation Delaware Measures How Far Kids Move, Not Only Where They Land For years, one proficiency cut-score has passed for a verdict on a child. On September 15, Delaware started publishing a second number that measures movement instead, and its lowest scorers… An AI Made Students Think Harder? Check Who Did the Scoring. AI in education An AI Made Students Think Harder? Check Who Did the Scoring. A Utah district says its AI chatbot raised students' critical thinking by 28 percent. But the vendor wrote and scored the study on its own product, with no control group.… Pakistan Widens Dyslexia Exam Support, and the Question Every Parent Should Ask Dyslexia Pakistan Widens Dyslexia Exam Support, and the Question Every Parent Should Ask Pakistan has widened exam accommodations for children with dyslexia, and it sounds like pure good news. The science says something more careful. Before you cheer or worry, ask one question… The ADHD ‘Eye Clue’ Measures Flickering Attention, Not a Broken Brain ADHD The ADHD ‘Eye Clue’ Measures Flickering Attention, Not a Broken Brain A new study got headlines as an ADHD clue ‘hidden in the eyes.’ What it actually measured was attention flickering from moment to moment, and its own authors say it…
September 14
Nonprofit Tested 20 AI Learning Tools. None Was Ready to Teach. AI in education Nonprofit Tested 20 AI Learning Tools. None Was Ready to Teach. A US nonprofit spent a year watching AI tools in real classrooms. Its verdict: none was ready to teach a child on its own, and the chatbots carried the most…
September 13
A New AI Standard Vets School Software for Privacy, Not Learning AI in education A New AI Standard Vets School Software for Privacy, Not Learning Microsoft, the AFT and UFT have set a national privacy standard for classroom AI, and the coverage reads it as reassurance. But a data contract and a teaching tool answer…