Denver’s Science of Reading Push — The 2e Blind Spot

Denver Public Schools is on the verge of doing something bold. A proposed policy would require all elementary schools to adopt science-of-reading instruction, add early dyslexia screening, and fund digital literacy tools for home use. If it passes, Denver joins a growing list of districts finally getting the diagnosis right.

But as I wrote last week about Missouri’s HB 2872, getting the diagnosis right is only half the job. The prescription still has a blind spot — and it’s the same one showing up in every state-level literacy push I’ve seen.

Twice-exceptional students are invisible again.

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