Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vanessa Silver, who tutors young children with dyslexia, works with Liina Yerro, 9, in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles ...

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 ...

Sarah Fudge spent her childhood being told, in every way but words, that she wasn't enough. Today, she runs two dyslexia ...

These neuroscientists contend all teachers must be reading teachers from the time the child learns to write and read her or his name continuing beyond post high school education. All teachers should ...

After speech-to-print intervention, student surpasses grade-level decoding and writes debut chapter book—without accommodations or assistive technology. In 11 months, an 11-year-old with dyslexia ...

Anywhere from 5 to 20 percent of the population struggles with dyslexia, a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and how they relate to letters ...

On July 10, an article was published with data showing that half of Louisiana's third-graders are not reading at grade level. This is not a new finding, but it is one that is getting more attention. I ...

Only 30% of Wisconsin fourth graders read at grade level, with dyslexia affecting 1 in 5 people as the most common learning disability Early intervention and structured literacy approaches using ...

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 ...

Of 196 districts, for example, more than 50% of K-3 students were on a reading improvement plan in 20 districts. In contrast, fewer than 10% of K-3 students were on a reading plan in eight districts.

While reading itself is a learned skill, research has found that the brain structures connected to literacy begin developing right after birth and continue across the first few years of life. The ...