At the end of 2025, both the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) published updates to their organizations’ definitions of dyslexia.
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Confidence and Resilience
The beginning of a new year offers something quietly powerful: a natural pause. After the intensity of the fall and the rush of routines, January gives families a moment to reset — not by adding pressure, but by restoring balance and perspective.
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The Negative Effect of Pop Quizzes for Dyslexic Students [Premium]
A pop quiz is an unannounced, graded assessment given without prior notice, often used to check whether students are keeping up with assigned material. Pop quizzes are usually given in the hopes of having a class keep current on learning.
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Rethinking Auditory-Only Phonemic Awareness Training for Reading in the Early Grades Does Not Work
A new study reported on in Education Week found that a widely-used phonemic awareness program (the oral-only Heggerty curriculum) did not improve gains in word reading or oral reading fluency, although it did significantly improve phonemic awareness skills.
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Who’s Responsible for Dyslexia? Time for Education & Health to Work Together
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Companion Guide to the Dyslexic Advantage- Module 1 [Premium]
In some respects, our movie The Dyslexic Advantage reflects our desire to present a fuller answer to the question, “What is Dyslexia?” – and of course it is only the briefest glimpse in a remarkable segment of the world’s population.
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Middle & High School Math: Working Memory, Algebra & More [Premium]
By the time students reach middle school, math begins to shift gears from concrete arithmetic to the abstract world of algebra. For many dyslexic students, this transition brings new challenges that aren’t about intelligence or effort but about how the brain processes and holds information.
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Should Accommodations Change Over Time? [Premium]
Accommodations are essential supports that level the playing field, allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge without being held back by the barriers of their disability. Should accommodations remain fixed or should they evolve over time?
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