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August 21
Smart Kids Do Struggle: One Prep School Built Its Program on It Dyslexia Smart Kids Do Struggle: One Prep School Built Its Program on It A smart kid who struggles must be lazy, or so the old reflex goes. A New York prep school and the dyslexia field's own 2025 definition both say otherwise, and… ADHD Is Real. The Documentary Fight Misses the Better Question. ADHD ADHD Is Real. The Documentary Fight Misses the Better Question. A Channel 4 documentary called ADHD a myth. Psychiatrists and charities answered, in one voice, that it is real. Both sides are stuck inside a false choice, and the question…
August 20
Phonics Got Colorado’s Young Readers Moving. It Won’t Carry Them Alone. Education policy Phonics Got Colorado’s Young Readers Moving. It Won’t Carry Them Alone. Colorado's new reading scores rose in fourth and fifth grade, then slipped by middle school. The state's fix is more phonics training. But decoding and understanding are different jobs, and…
August 19
Florida Made Cursive a Law. Parents Are Arguing About the Wrong Thing. Education policy Florida Made Cursive a Law. Parents Are Arguing About the Wrong Thing. Florida made cursive proficiency a legal requirement for grades three through five. The coverage argues nostalgia versus brain-boost. Both miss where a child's writing actually improves: direct spelling instruction and… A Tablet Reads 23 Signals in a Child, Then Prints One Label ADHD A Tablet Reads 23 Signals in a Child, Then Prints One Label A Princeton-reported study had a tablet read 23 behavioral signals from 183 children, then compress them into a single label. The finding holds. But the systems it measured, how a…
August 18
Your Child’s Math Panic Is a Fear Response, Not a Verdict Dyscalculia Your Child’s Math Panic Is a Fear Response, Not a Verdict A personal essay by a man diagnosed with dyscalculia at 39 names a toll clinics skip: years of shame, not the math itself. Pair it with a Stanford brain scan… For Young Kids With ADHD, the First Step Isn’t Medication ADHD For Young Kids With ADHD, the First Step Isn’t Medication For children under six with ADHD, pediatricians strongly recommend behavior therapy before medication, with parents doing the daily work. So why does CDC data show most young children getting a…
August 17
A Diagnosis Names the Struggle. This Summary Named the Whole Child. Special Education A Diagnosis Names the Struggle. This Summary Named the Whole Child. A diagnosis sorts your child into a category. A new Karolinska study asked 357 parents whether a plain-language map of how their child actually functions rang true instead. Over ninety… Three Siblings Who Struggle to Read Wrote Twelve Books Together Dyslexia Three Siblings Who Struggle to Read Wrote Twelve Books Together Three siblings in Colorado Springs, all with dyslexia, wrote twelve books and built a small business. The easy story is “inspiring exception.” The reading science tells a sharper one: a…
August 11
Schools Get ADHD Help That Doesn’t Wait for a Diagnosis ADHD Schools Get ADHD Help That Doesn’t Wait for a Diagnosis A university team built ADHD help that starts in the classroom the moment a child starts struggling, no diagnosis required. What the toolkit does, what its makers honestly claim, and…