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July 4
Education policy Arizona Parents Force ESA Accountability Vote. What Struggling Learners Actually Need. Arizona parents submitted 421,000 signatures to force an ESA accountability vote. For families of kids who learn differently, the real accountability gap is not financial. It's instructional. Here are the… Dyslexia Ohio Puts $2.5 Million Behind Reading Help for Students Schools Forgot Ohio's $2.5 million investment in Structured Literacy Centers includes a program targeting grades 4-8 specifically. Most state reading laws do not go there. Here's what that means for your child.
July 3
Written Tests Were Always the Wrong Measure for Kids Who Read Differently AI in education Written Tests Were Always the Wrong Measure for Kids Who Read Differently AI is forcing universities to ask whether written tests actually measure learning. For parents of children with dyslexia, that question has never been new — and the researchers' answers point… Michigan Ranked 44th in Reading. Its New Budget Bets on the Training That Changes Classrooms. Education policy Michigan Ranked 44th in Reading. Its New Budget Bets on the Training That Changes Classrooms. Michigan ranked 44th in fourth-grade reading. The bipartisan budget it passed in July 2026 bets $75 million on retraining teachers in the science of reading. Here's why that line item… DC Schools Violated Disability Law for Years Before Federal Investigators Intervened Education policy DC Schools Violated Disability Law for Years Before Federal Investigators Intervened DC Public Schools signed a federal resolution agreement after OCR found the district violated disability law for years — evaluation delays, services dropped for convenience, untrained staff deciding what kids… New K-12 AI Laws Land Before Teachers Are Trained to Use Them AI in education New K-12 AI Laws Land Before Teachers Are Trained to Use Them Idaho became one of the first five states to put K-12 AI classroom rules into law this July. The same week, Microsoft reported 53 percent of teachers have never had… When Grades Slip, Schools Cut Arts. Georgia Is Rewarding Schools That Don’t. Innovation When Grades Slip, Schools Cut Arts. Georgia Is Rewarding Schools That Don’t. Georgia honored five schools for embedding arts across every subject, not as enrichment, but as instruction. The science of reading has known for decades that multi-sensory learning is how struggling… Alabama Puts $174 Million for Educational Therapy Directly in Parent Hands Education policy Alabama Puts $174 Million for Educational Therapy Directly in Parent Hands Alabama put $174 million in education savings accounts directly into parent hands on July 1. Tutoring and educational therapies are explicitly covered. For families of kids who learn differently, the… Education policy Alabama Puts $174 Million for Educational Therapy Directly in Parent Hands Alabama put $174 million in education savings accounts directly into parent hands on July 1. Tutoring and educational therapies are explicitly covered. For families of kids who learn differently, the… Giving AI 70 Percent of the Teaching Revealed What Humans Do Better AI in education Giving AI 70 Percent of the Teaching Revealed What Humans Do Better When a major workforce training nonprofit handed 70 percent of its instruction to AI, researchers found nearly half of learners never used the tool. The reason why changes everything about…