Proust and the squid
The current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes a review of Maryanne Wolf ‘s new book, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. Professor Bradley L....
View ArticleSigh–new content
Despite getting virtually no recommendations about future content (3 votes!), I’m starting to post some new content. The new content is, in my obviously biased view (else, why would I post it?), pretty...
View ArticleNCLD report
The National Center for Learning Disabilities, a US advocacy group, released a report entitled “The State of Learning Disabilities” today. The report presents broad-strokes data about Learning...
View ArticleK. Ellison again
For those who haven’t been paying attention, Katherine Ellison has appeared on multiple media outlets promoting her book, Buzz. She had another entry, this time in the Washington Post yesterday (20...
View ArticleMoats on CCSS and LD
In the spring of 2012, Louisa Moats published an article in New Times for DLD, the newsletter of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children, that presented...
View ArticleThompson Road by Scott Wyatt
Because he thought I would be interested in reviewing it, Scott Wyatt, an author of contemporary fiction, sent me a copy of a new title called “Thompson Road.” The reasons he thought it was fitting for...
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