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July 2
AI in education
Connecticut Made AI Literacy Mandatory in Schools. Who Is Planning for Struggling Learners?
Connecticut signed a law in June making AI and computer science mandatory in every K-12 classroom starting this fall. For the 1 in 5 students who already struggle with reading…
Education policy
Arkansas Vouchers Fall Short for Families Whose Kids Need Specialized Private Schools
Arkansas approved 51,041 school choice vouchers for 2026-27 — but more than half of participating private schools charge more than the $7,208 the state provides. For families of children who…
Education policy
Pennsylvania Adds $50 Million to Special Ed. Ask What the Money Actually Builds.
Pennsylvania is adding $50 million to special education as part of a court-ordered adequacy push. But costs have doubled since 2009 while funding grew 21 percent. The harder question: does…
ADHD
The Only Controlled ADHD Psychedelic Trial Found No Benefit Over Placebo
The one randomized trial that tested LSD for ADHD against a placebo found no meaningful difference. A 2026 systematic review explains why the headlines promising a psychedelic fix outran the…
July 1
ADHD
ADHD-Linked Genes Are Present in Toddlers. Your Child’s Path Is Not Set.
A 2026 study of 80,000 toddlers found genetic markers for ADHD appear in early temperament. But genetics accounts for only about 10% of the picture. The rest is shaped by…
AI in education
AI Doesn’t Remove Writing Skill. For Struggling Writers, It Removes the Block.
Iowa State and Embry-Riddle researchers found AI shifts writing effort to planning and revision, not away from it. For children whose writing challenge is in the transcription layer, that finding…
Education policy
North Carolina Now Screens for Math and Reading. Ask What Comes Next.
North Carolina's budget expands reading screening to grades 4-5 and adds early math screeners for the first time. These are overdue moves. But for any child who comes home with…
Education policy
California Schools Go Phone-Free. The Largest Study Says It’s Not Enough.
California’s phone ban takes effect today across 10,000-plus public schools. The biggest US study found test scores barely moved. Here is what the research says parents should do instead of…
Dyslexia
Dyslexia and the Creativity Gift: What the Second Study Actually Found
A 2022 Cambridge study proposed dyslexia confers an explorative creativity advantage. A meta-analysis the same year found no consistent evidence. Both studies belong in any honest conversation about what this…
Education policy
Louisiana School Cuts Show Which Services Go First When Budgets Shrink
Louisiana took $168 million from school operating budgets for teacher stipends. The executive order protecting schools named four categories. School therapists, reading specialists, and counselors were not among them. One…