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Between 5% and 15% of children have symptoms of dyslexia, but schools are often slow at identifying and responding to it with targeted education. mrs/Stock Photos/Getty Images

February 12, 2026

Nearly every state in the US has dyslexia laws – but our research shows limited change for struggling readers

Eric Hengyu Hu, University at Albany, State University of New York

Dyslexia laws are now nearly universal across the US. But the data shows that passing a law is not the same as improving how children learn to read.

Students become more emotionally engaged with history when it’s presented in an interactive way, research shows. SDI Productions via Getty Images

November 21, 2023

‘Time warp’ takes students to Native American past to search for solutions for the future

Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University and Tzu-Jung Lin, The Ohio State University

Rather than have students memorize names and dates, this history curriculum invites students to grapple with real-life issues faced by people from the past.

A study found that refugees want more guidance on how to navigate higher education in the U.S. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

November 6, 2023

Higher education can be elusive for asylum‑seekers and immigrants

Kerri Evans, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ishara Casellas Connors, Texas A&M University, and Lisa Unangst, SUNY Empire State College

Migrants to the US say they need a map to help them navigate the world of higher education.

The UN’s 2022 “Transforming Education Summit” highlighted how staggering the need is for education in the world. Gaëll Mainguy/Learning Planet Institute

November 24, 2022

Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them

Gaëll Mainguy, Learning Planet Institute (LPI); François Taddei, Learning Planet Institute (LPI), and Leonora Dowley, Learning Planet Institute (LPI)

At the Learning Planet Institute, an initiative launched with UNESCO, we’ve seen many programs that foster the ability and motivation to learn, act and lead for a better world.

Life is more normal now than it has been in years, as people do away with masks and social distancing. Stefan Tomic/E+ via Getty Images

September 21, 2022

Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views

William Hauk, University of South Carolina; Lisa Miller, University of Colorado Anschutz, and Wayne Au, University of Washington, Bothell

President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among some experts who suggest the comment is premature – and counterproductive.

Learning recovery requires both in-school and out-of-school programmes. Gallo Images via GettyImages

February 22, 2022

COVID learning losses: what South Africa’s education system must focus on to recover

Vijay Reddy, Human Sciences Research Council

Researchers estimate that COVID-19 disruptions in 2020 set back the education system by five years.

Students at a primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, queue to have their temperature taken when public schools fully reopened on 4 January 2021. Gordwin Odhiambo/AFP via Getty Images

February 10, 2022

Deeper divide: what Kenya’s pandemic school closures left in their wake

Benta A. Abuya, African Population and Health Research Center

Despite government efforts to provide digital resources for students kept out of school for most of 2020, access to these platforms was deeply unequal

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