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September 1
When a Reading App Shows the Picture Decides Whether It Helps Dyslexia When a Reading App Shows the Picture Decides Whether It Helps A small new study is being shared as proof that AI pictures help children with dyslexia read. The more useful finding is hiding in the method: the children read the… A New Federal Category For Dyslexia Is A Door, Not A Plan Dyslexia A New Federal Category For Dyslexia Is A Door, Not A Plan A rising push wants to give dyslexia its own federal category, and it is being cheered as pure progress. But the leading bill defines dyslexia by a model the field’s…
August 31
ADHD Is Real, And Attention Is a Skill You Build ADHD ADHD Is Real, And Attention Is a Skill You Build A Channel 4 documentary asked whether ADHD is real or invented. Psychiatrists and charities answered that it is real. Both sides argued inside a box, and the question that actually…
August 30
Drew University Is Opening an AI School. Does It Teach? assistive technology Drew University Is Opening an AI School. Does It Teach? A New Jersey university is opening an AI-powered school for grade schoolers, and the announcement skips the one question that matters: is there any evidence it teaches? There is not,… Two Hours of AI a Day: Personalized, But Is Your Child Learning? AI in education Two Hours of AI a Day: Personalized, But Is Your Child Learning? A private school near Raleigh teaches core academics by AI two hours a day, and the local coverage never asked the question that decides everything: does the software teach a… Iowa Now Tests Future Teachers on Reading Science Before They Teach Dyslexia Iowa Now Tests Future Teachers on Reading Science Before They Teach For decades teachers were trained to teach children to guess words from pictures. Iowa now tests its future teachers on the science of reading before they graduate. But testing the…
August 29
Tara Sutaria Has Dyscalculia. The ‘Math Brain’ Myth Needs Rethinking Dyscalculia Tara Sutaria Has Dyscalculia. The ‘Math Brain’ Myth Needs Rethinking A Bollywood star said out loud what a lot of kids whisper: she has dyscalculia, a maths learning disability. The reflex is to call it a missing math brain. The… Your Child Was Never Born to Read. New Brain Science Explains Why. Dyslexia Your Child Was Never Born to Read. New Brain Science Explains Why. Your child learned to talk without a single lesson, so why does reading refuse to come the same way? A new brain study has an answer, and it reframes the…
August 28
Massachusetts’s New Reading Law Is More Than Phonics. So Is the Science. Dyslexia Massachusetts’s New Reading Law Is More Than Phonics. So Is the Science. Massachusetts signed a sweeping early-literacy law, and most coverage filed it as a phonics mandate. The statute's own definition names five components, and the science behind it is broader still.… Taught to Decode, Struggling Readers Tripled Their Reading Progress Dyslexia Taught to Decode, Struggling Readers Tripled Their Reading Progress A Canadian reading project tripled struggling second-graders' progress by teaching them to decode, not guess. The headline number is preliminary, but the science underneath is not: a child who looks…