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  • Michigan Dyslexia Research Guide to Help Improve Literacy Skills

    The new Michigan dyslexia research guide will help both educators and students improve literacy skills and build more successful learners.

    January 12, 2024
  • New Podcast! Sold A Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

    New podcast investigates the widespread failure to teach reading in schools.

    January 12, 2024
  • Bringing structured, phonics-based reading lessons into the classroom

    A new article from TIME looks into the push to bring phonics to the forefront of reading instruction.

    January 12, 2024
  • Improving Reading Fluency

    Reading fluency is key to learning and comprehension from written texts, which is the goal of reading. In order to optimize reading comprehension skills, we need to set realistic reading fluency goals for our students with dyslexia.

    May 2, 2025
  • Story Time from Space

    Has your child ever dreamed of going to space? An online-based project called Storytime from Space lets kids get an inside look at what it’s like inside the International Space Station while also building literacy skills.

    January 12, 2024
  • Keep Em Reading: The Importance of Audiobooks for Dyslexics

    I am frequently asked whether my clients with dyslexia should only read text with their eyes – or should they be allowed to listen to text (sometimes called “reading with one’s ears”). To a person who is dyslexic, I recommend the use of text-to-speech software as an accommodation.

    October 28, 2025
  • TeamQuest training and events raise awareness and money for dyslexia

    TeamQuest combines endurance training and fundraising to raise awareness of the difficulties some people have with reading and learning and enables anyone to be a part of a greater cause by improving their own lives while improving the lives of others.

    January 16, 2024
  • Structured Literacy: Setting the Stage for Student Literacy Success

    The explicit and systematic instructional approach of Structured Literacy ensures students build their skills in each component area of literacy.

    May 2, 2025
  • 2015 IDA Conference

    IDA's Annual International Conference is the premier professional development conference dedicated to reading, literacy and learning. The conference brings in experts from all over the world to educate attendees on the latest research, remediation, and more.

    January 16, 2024
  • Action Video Games could help Literacy

    A new study suggests that playing action video games could improve the literacy skills of those with dyslexia.

    January 17, 2024
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