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Is Handwriting Actually Important for Writing?

When students spend too much energy on forming letters, they have less energy for figuring out what to write. In this video, Joan Sedita, founder of Keys to Literacy and an experienced educator, discusses the research behind why students should learn handwriting and letter-sound correspondence simultaneously.

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Is handwriting actually important for writing? Joan Sedita, founder of Keys to Literacy, talks about how esearch shows that young students improve their writing and alphabet knowledge when they handwrite ...

Actor, writer, producer Henry Winkler talks about how his dyslexia impacted his school years.

“Now I know,” he writes, “that even if a person learns differently, he or she can still be filled with greatness.”

The World's Greatest Underachiever Actor and author Henry Winkler reminisces about how dyslexia impacted his school years in this article from Highlights for Children magazine. “Now I know,” he writes, “that even if a person learns differently, he or she can still be filled with greatness.”

Loretta C***a is a special education administrator in New York State. In this interview, she talks about some of her lessons learned around supporting students with LD, partnering with families, and mentoring other administrators within the special education setting.

Q&A with Special Education Administrator Loretta C***a Loretta C***a is a special education administrator in New York State. She has extensive experience working in middle and high school settings and came out of retirement to continue supporting schools in need of guidance. She is currently serving a combined middle and high school setting in a rural d...