As a parent and a strong believer in the power of education to transform lives, one of the biggest reasons I wanted to serve as a state representative was to make a difference in the lives of ...
The local public school he attended screened for dyslexia risk factors three times per academic year, beginning in kindergarten. And that’s when the results of Nathan’s assessments began coming back ...
A two-story package this weekend talks about dyslexia and what schools are and are not doing to address it. Education reporter Kristen Taketa shares some of what she learned while reporting on ...
November marks National Family Literacy Month, a fitting occasion as concern about reading instruction in U.S. schools goes from a simmer to a boil. For years, parents and educators around the country ...
Hundreds of thousands of people in San Diego County likely have a neurological disorder that makes reading difficult — a disorder called dyslexia. Some experts estimate as many as 5 to 15 percent of ...
This story features Beeline Reader for enhanced readability. Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. Barbara McAuliffe, an expert in helping struggling readers, has ...
Ronda Fritz transformed from a disheartened Oregon teacher using debunked “whole language” methods into a pioneer of evidence ...
When Colleen Walston's son was learning to read, he struggled more than most first-graders. Concord Public Schools evaluated him, but did not identify any learning disability. He was placed in reading ...
Only 10 states have not passed legislation requiring universal, school-based screening for dyslexia risk factors. The issue of whether to require early screening in schools is currently up for debate ...
Is your child’s school district a dyslexia/literacy failure super-spreader? To answer this question, let’s begin with a definition. What Is Dyslexia? As many as 1 in 5 children have symptoms of ...
Richard Branson has introduced an online university geared toward teaching dyslexic thinking skills. The University of Dyslexic Thinking, which the billionaire Virgin Group founder collaborated with ...
(TNS) — Artificial intelligence could revolutionize how people with dyslexia navigate K-12 schools and the rest of the world, said Josh Clark, the leader of the Landmark School, a private school in ...