The “IQ-discrepancy model”—diagnosing students with dyslexia by determining if they have an “unexpected” gap between their IQ and their reading scores—has long been deemed an invalid way of screening for the disorder.
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Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024. At the time of the 1954 ruling,…
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Students who started middle school early in the pandemic lost ground in math, like students at other grade levels. But unlike other groups, they don’t appear to be recovering. At two Virginia schools, close relationships with students, plus longer math periods and tutoring, have helped eighth and…
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Experts encourage parents to read to their children things they’re interested in.
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The program is required under a state law passed eight years ago but still hasn’t been fully adopted.
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After the release of NAEP revealed the worst-ever decline in math scores, the Khan Academy founder is sounding the alarm…
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Declaring that children’s “lives and education have been turned upside-down,” President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to highlight the pandemic’s blow to student mental health…
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Kindergarten enrollment remained down 5.2 percent in 2022-2023 school compared with 2019-2020, as fewer families consider it an assumed first step in a child’s formal education.
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The lack of child care stifles rural growth. (Shutterstock photo) The lack of child care has plagued many U.S. families, but the gap is more…
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Informal childcare is common, but often invisible in broader policy discussions.
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The two-year Rural Library Fellowship, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Save the Children, is attempting to boost the capacity of libraries and “activate libraries…
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Reading is essential — not just for school success, but for life. When children have trouble learning to read, it can kick off a devastating downward spiral. Struggling readers are…