The Globe has reported in detail on Massachusetts’s literacy curriculum and spotlighted many families who have fallen through ...

UK intelligence agency GCHQ has partnered with charity Made By Dyslexia to launch a puzzle that could reveal if you have some of the traits needed to excel as a spy, to mark National Puzzle Day on ...

Dyslexia affects about one in 10 schoolchildren ... which sees them draw small pictures above words to help with phonics. For example, for a word in the past tense, they draw a backwards clock.

Dyslexia affects about one in 10 schoolchildren ... instead of students being taught using phonics. For example, for a word in the past tense, they draw a backwards clock. For a verb - or "doing ...

On top of that, she didn’t retain information quite like the other kids, as she suffered from the now-common conditions ADHD and dyslexia, which can cause learning difficulties, especially in ...

That research shows most children need explicit instruction in phonics and vocabulary to become proficient readers. Too often, however, Massachusetts students have been deprived of that ...

CONCOURSE VILLAGE, The Bronx (WABC) -- A new documentary is out that spotlights a group of mothers in their journey to help their children with dyslexia get a proper education. The film ...

Just as dyslexia disrupts areas of the brain related to reading, dyscalculia affects the areas of the brain used to understand mathematics. Roughly 4% to 7% of students suffer from the condition, ...

Sources of PSTs’ dyslexia knowledge were identified via thematic coding ... Course topics included theory and methods for teaching phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, writing, and spelling ...

The May Teacher Institute offers a Dyslexia Specialist National Certification Program ... which starts with sounds and phonics — versus “whole language,” which is based around memorizing words. The ...

Experts say students with dyslexia need to be taught using a strong and explicit foundation in phonics, with a lot of time to practice reading, often in small groups or one-on-one. Historically ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest ...