Storytelling is not simply a language skill. It is a form of reasoning. Recognizing these strengths helps shift how we think about writing instruction and creative expression.
Octavia Butler was a groundbreaking and influential science fiction writer in the 20th and early 21st century. She had many award-winning novels and stories, and won a MacArthur Genius grant, Hugo and Nebula awards, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Bilingual students who are also dyslexic need to get formally identified, so that their intelligence may not be overlooked in the classroom, and they may have appropriate supports.
In a recent study, dyslexic adults were found to be stronger in visual curiosity when trying to understand what they were seeing or puzzling through gaps in what they might have expected.
Bedtime stories are a great ritual to have with your kids, but there are so many other family rituals besides that that can provide that safe havens or buffers against the world.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, establishing the country’s largest ESA or Education Savings Account which will launch in the 2026-2027 school year.
Common issues to both are how to keep students moving forward with a positive outlook and understanding, with growing awareness of their strengths and talents and the benefits of being able to self-advocate.
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