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July 1

Education policy Jul 1 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… ADHD Jul 1 FDA Decision July 24 on New ADHD Drug: What the Numbers Show The FDA rules July 24 on centanafadine, the first new-mechanism non-stimulant ADHD drug in decades. Phase 3 trials show it addresses both ADHD symptoms and anxiety. Here is what the… Dyslexia Jul 1 What Spelling Tests Teach Struggling Readers About Who They Are Dan Batchelor teaches primary school, has dyslexia, and is releasing his second sci-fi novel. He is also calling to end spelling tests, and the research on reading self-concept backs him… Dyslexia Jul 1 What Spelling Tests Teach Struggling Readers About Who They Are Dan Batchelor teaches primary school, has dyslexia, and is releasing his second sci-fi novel. He is also calling to end spelling tests, and the research on reading self-concept backs him… Dyslexia Jul 1 Fired for Dyslexia, She Won Her Appeal. Your Child Deserves Better Than Legal Protection. A UK appeals ruling confirmed that dismissing someone because of dyslexia is direct disability discrimination — a genuine win. But for parents of struggling readers, the science points to something… AI in education Jul 1 Schools Are Racing to Teach AI While Reading Scores Keep Falling The EU and OECD handed every school a 19-competence AI literacy blueprint. Its core asks — evaluate AI outputs, detect bias, know when not to use AI — are reading… Innovation Jul 1 Singapore Cracked Math Instruction Decades Ago. American Classrooms Are Still Catching Up. Nearly 200 Utah teachers learned a Singapore-inspired math model that research shows works better than the procedural approach most US classrooms default to — especially for kids who struggle. Here…

June 30

ADHD Jun 30 New ADHD Brain Research Exposes How Broken the Diagnostic System Is A new AI framework reads ADHD directly from brain scans better than any prior method — but the diagnostic system still relies on behavioral checklists that miss girls at documented… AI in education Jun 30 NC Mandated AI Literacy for Every K-12 Student. What About Reading First? North Carolina voted unanimously to mandate AI literacy in every K-12 classroom by 2028. The bill is bipartisan and the logic is sound. But for children who struggle to read… AI in education Jun 30 San Diego School Spent $500K on Robot Tutors. Reading Science Disagrees. A San Diego charter chain spent $500,000 on two ChatGPT-powered humanoid robots for students already behind. Three leading researchers called it a parody. Reading science explains exactly what was missing.