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Should we screen all kids for dyslexia?

Should we screen all kids for dyslexia?

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators are pushing to develop a tool that could be used to screen every young student in California schools for dyslexia. A mother shares how her son went years without help for his dyslexia – still reading at a kin

Education Beat

February 3, 20220

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Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators are pushing to develop a tool that could be used to screen every young student in California schools for dyslexia.

A mother shares how her son went years without help for his dyslexia – still reading at a kindergarten level in sixth grade. What can be done to keep children with dyslexia from slipping through the cracks?

Guests:

  • Renee Webster-Hawkins, Mother of two, Sacramento City Unified School District
  • Carolyn Jones, Reporter, EdSource

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