Learning Disabilities Association of NE - LDA NE

06/20/2026

The numbers tell a story that cannot be ignored. 📉

According to data from The Education Trust, only 16% of Black fourth grade students scored at or above proficiency in reading on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessment.

These aren’t just educational statistics—they represent future opportunities, economic mobility, and quality of life.

True access to literacy requires moving past political talking points and focusing on what works: Evidence-based instruction, Structured Literacy practices, dyslexia awareness, and early intervention.

Read our featured piece by Clarice L. Jackson, The Long Walk to Literacy: Juneteenth and the Ongoing Fight for Freedom, to examine the systemic barriers educators must dismantle together.

👉 Read More: https://bit.ly/4aEYSvP

03/17/2026

Trump says Gov. Gavin Newsom shouldn’t be president because he’s dyslexic

The California governor may make a White House run in 2028.

02/08/2026

“Reading is the gateway out of poverty.” - Clarice L. Jackson | Black Literacy Matters

This Black History Month, Dr. Tracy White and Clarice Jackson unpack what happens when literacy becomes liberation.

Listen and watch now 👀
🌐 drtracywhite.com/podcast

01/22/2026

Have you checked out our 2025 State of Dyslexia Report?

It’s now available and free to access, with updated information on how every state approaches dyslexia screening, educator preparation, and statewide requirements.

This resource is part of NCIL’s effort to ensure families, educators, and policymakers have a clear understanding of how current laws translate into practice and where opportunities for growth remain.

Explore the report and find your state here: https://tinyurl.com/stateofdyslexia2025

National Center on Improving Literacy's 2025 report on dyslexia laws and teacher requirements.

01/22/2026

Estimates of people who have dyslexia are as high as 20 per cent, and the condition can have profound psychological and emotional impacts. At every grade level, they are more likely to be suspended, expelled, or placed in juvenile detention, especially if their families are economically disadvantaged. The personal and societal harm doesn’t end when students leave school: More than 40 per cent of all imprisoned adults in the U.S. have dyslexia, and as many as eight in 10 are “functionally illiterate.”

If reading were taught better, almost all students would benefit, and students with neurological differences would be easier to identify and treat before their difficulties with reading derailed their lives. “There’s a window of opportunity to intervene,” a cognitive neuroscientist said. “You don’t want to let that go.” But some researchers say that the way many American schools treat struggling readers is fundamentally flawed. The tragedy is compounded by the fact that proven methods for teaching dyslexic students have been known for decades.

Read David Owen’s full report:

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

01/16/2026

KETV followed Clarice Jackson and her late daughter, Latecia Fox, on their journey with dyslexia. Jackson said the newly proposed legislation is nothing new.

“This has been passed in at least 13 or so states, some of them now are trying to get rid of the retention law because of its ineffectiveness,” Jackson said.

Jackson said the root of the issue starts in the classroom.

“We must address instructional issues versus trying to make children and their families pay for the fact that a system has failed to teach them to read,” Jackson said.

https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-governor-reading-retention/69981469?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwY2xjawPW569leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR4xIHTLYwWT7lWYlYVgL9-60dSnPggWLuOhNLH8w0WhbSNPW98W3lsydVWquA_aem_RjvHhFw9ALZNOPy9UH877g

“This has been passed in at least 13 or so states, some of them now are trying to get rid of the retention law because of its ineffectiveness."

01/09/2026

The Amazing Spider Man Tom Holland is Dyslexic!! How Amazing !’

“Tom’s dyslexia was identifed at the age of 7 which led his parents to enroll him in a private school. He’s occasionally been hounded on social media because of spelling or grammar mistakes, but most of all he’s lauded for his natural acting ability and athletic skill.”