Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Jamie Bennetts created a spreadsheet of every child’s reading scores in the small Knightsen Elementary School District a few summers ago, identified the laggers and greeted them in the fall with state ...

Despite decades of multidisciplinary investigation, the biological basis of dyslexia — a specific impairment of reading ability — remains obscure. But a series of recent studies has emphasized the ...

One in five people suffer from it and famous figures from Tom Cruise to Richard Branson have spoken at length about how it has affected their lives. Dyslexia – a lifelong condition that affects ...

Contrary to popular belief, some very smart, accomplished people cannot read well. This unexpected difficulty in reading in relation to intelligence, education and professional status is called ...

As early as kindergarten, Robin Pierre started to notice that her daughter, Hattie, was falling behind. She wasn’t able to read the books they were sending home, despite being in a charter school ...

This year, for the first time, California schools will be screening kindergarteners, first- and second-graders for reading difficulties, including dyslexia, under a state mandate signed into law by ...

In a just-released article entitled “The ‘Reading Brain’ is Taught, Not Born” cognitive neuroscientists Rebecca Gotlieb, Laura Rhinehart, and Maryanne Wolf are unambiguous in reporting “…the study of ...

As Illinois rolls out a new law requiring early literacy screenings beginning Jan. 1, some educators question whether it will ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (NEBRASKA EXAMINER) - A first-of-its-kind statewide report related to reading and dyslexia for Nebraska K-12 students shows strides in addressing literacy as policymakers see room for ...