The best kind of intervention is early intervention. When it comes to dyslexia, though, this can be tricky because dyslexia can’t be diagnos...

Assessment is a large, important, and oft-debated necessity in education. The traditional view of assessment hinged strongly on summative e...

Unless you happen to be particularly interested in educational policy in the state of Texas, it's likely that you missed news of a legis...

How can a parent know if the time is right to seek help for difficulty in school? The honest answer is that every child (and every situation...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivit...

New York's  Board of Regents , the governing body for the state education system, is considering a  proposal  at its meeting today that ...

I recently returned from the Learning and the Brain: No Brain Left Behind Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I had a chance to h...

I spent the last week in June, together with one of our Learning Specialists, in beautiful Hamilton, NY, where we met with a team from the ...

We've written before about the limits of labels , and we continue to encounter parents who are uncomfortable with a special education sy...