At 4, Kate Cassidy didn’t know the alphabet. In first grade, she still couldn’t read. Testing identified her as a “struggling reader” — a diagnosis that was “of no help,” said Dr. Laura Cassidy, ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. A 2023 California law requires all students in kindergarten, ...

Jonathan Reovan picks his daughter up from school to take her to a reading tutor. The family has spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to get reading support for their two children. Credit: ...

Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. As fall school routines ...

In a talk titled “Disability Bioethics: Toward Theory and Practice,” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, an English professor and the co-director of the Disability Studies Initiative at Emory University, ...

When students cannot access reading instruction, it affects their confidence, mental health and long-term opportunities. Learning disabilities are the most prevalent disability in the K-12 education ...

Just 1.2% of public school third graders were held back after a controversial reading and retention law took effect in Tennessee this year. In May, the Tennessee Department of Education reported that ...

Tim Odegard, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, has personal experience with teachers who did not believe in his intelligence because of a discredited dyslexia screening ...

BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...