The “IQ-discrepancy model”—diagnosing students with dyslexia by determining if they have an “unexpected” gap between their IQ and their reading scores—has long been deemed an invalid way of screening for the disorder.
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Over the past decade, philanthropic leaders and others working for progressive social change have increasingly focused on culture. This growing interest in culture comes from a dual understanding that achieving…
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The future of employee giving in 2024 is marked by innovation, personalization and collaboration.
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Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024. At the time of the 1954 ruling,…
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More than three years after New York authorities sued the National Rifle Association and four of its current and former leaders, the trial will begin on Jan. 8, 2024. In…
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Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Traditionally, researchers had…
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The mental healthcare system in the United States needs a dramatic intervention. At best, our system is fragmented, siloed, and plagued by misaligned incentives that only deepen existing problems; at…
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Students who started middle school early in the pandemic lost ground in math, like students at other grade levels. But unlike other groups, they don’t appear to be recovering. At two Virginia schools, close relationships with students, plus longer math periods and tutoring, have helped eighth and…
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Experts encourage parents to read to their children things they’re interested in.
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With rural America hemorrhaging health care providers, the federal government is investing dollars and attention to family medicine physicians.
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The program is required under a state law passed eight years ago but still hasn’t been fully adopted.
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Luminate recently received our second Grantee Perception Report (GPR). We anticipated the results with eagerness and some anticipation. As one funder said during the recent Center for Effective Philanthropy conference…