Wearing Nikes, a hoodie, jeans with tzitzit and a kippah, Tamir Goodman weighed the basketball in his hands. He towered over nearly everybody in the gym — the 11-to-14-year-old students especially, ...
A new school focused on helping students with dyslexia learn long-term reading skills is opening in the Piedmont Triad and partnering with Elon University. “I’m showing up. I’m ...
OAKLAND, Calif. - A basketball camp by Warriors guard Gary Payton II is providing skills for children who love the game, while also serving a bigger purpose. The GPII Foundation is hosting its third ...
ATLANTA — Parents of children with dyslexia say they’re struggling to get their kids the extra help they need in school. Channel 2 spoke with one local mom who transferred her child to a private ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Mariana Gillen knows what it's like to feel different, to feel as if she's reading a different school book than other kids in her class. "It was hard when I was younger," said Mariana.
Dyslexia is the most common cause of student reading, spelling and writing problems. Nearly 2 million public school children struggle with this learning disability, and twenty percent of those ...
We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual ...
Jim Runestad struggled to read for most of elementary school. His teachers knew he had dyslexia from the time he was in second grade. It wasn’t until fifth grade that he got real help. An intensive ...
I am often asked if self-directed education works for children who are diagnosed with dyslexia. The usual assumption, in the special education world, is that such children cannot learn to read without ...
(The Center Square) – As Illinois rolls out a new law requiring early literacy screenings beginning Jan. 1, some educators question whether it will solve reading issues or just mislabel children as ...
A student reading at Stege Elementary School in Richmond. (File photo by Shelby Knowles/CalMatters) I adopted my son Sebastian at birth. He was a bright, curious little boy who hit all the milestones ...
An estimated 900,000 children in England have dyslexia, yet are being supported. That’s 900,000 kids who could be the next generation of innovators and business leaders.