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Here’s a roundup of everything you need to know about special education, plus our best special education articles.

Like many with dyslexia, when Turgesen gravitated toward sports, he discovered happiness he could not find in the classroom.

“I’m in a special Ed program. I was diagnosed with Dyslexia in the 10th grade so the special Ed program is something near and dear to my heart,” said Quinn.

During an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Tuesday, the 77-year-old “Barry” actor was opening about his success as a children’s book author despite his dyslexia when the 40-year-old host revealed that her daughter suffers from the same learning disorder.

CodeReadNetwork.org Code Read operates in Australia with a stated mission to “raise awareness about dyslexia. We will support and empower those with dyslexia and…

Dyslexia Handbook: A Guide to Accelerating Learner Outcomes in Literacy was developed to help educators have a shared understanding of the best methods to prevent reading difficulties in students with dyslexia.

There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It’s an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn’t true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.

Maryanne Wolf on the science of the reading brain.