“The Truth About Reading” - documentary screening for Dyslexia Awareness Month.

Dyslexia, a specific learning disability affecting 20% of our school population, can result in many of these children not being able to identify the differences between and among the sounds of letters in the alphabet. As a result, spelling is nearly impossible and pronouncing words correctly is difficult at best. So, writing and reading aloud are near-disasters for many. What does that mean for their future in the job market? It could be bleak!

My good friend and colleague, Jodie, sent this cartoon to me a few weeks ago. And as we make our way through these last weeks of school assessing our students from every angle, I think it is important that we listen to the message of this cartoon.