Children with reading difficulties should be more thoroughly screened for hearing problems, a new report by Coventry University academics has said. The study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, found ...

Early screening assessment to identify students at risk for reading difficulties is essential to ensure California’s children are literate. The good news is California has finally joined almost all ...

For the first time, all California schools are testing kindergarten, first, and second graders for early signs of reading difficulties, including dyslexia. Educators said catching problems early could ...

A long-term study shows how screen time in babies may alter brain development and increase vulnerability to anxiety years ...

A panel of reading experts has designated the tests that school districts can use to identify reading difficulties that kindergartners through second graders may have, starting next fall. Gov. Gavin ...

Paul L. Morgan receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Eric Hengyu Hu does not ...

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