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Kid3 (11); son of 2 scientists: "Mama, the MCAS we are taking soon will test all the #science we learned in elementary school".
Me: "Oh"
Kid3: "I think we have a problem. The only things I remember are the tadpole stages and Artemis."

Defintely raising a future Nobel Prize winner in this house.

Wherever you are, whatever you celebrate…I hope this puts a smile on your face! From my family to yours! Reflecting on what is really important in life!

Among the frustrating aspects of the funding situation in the U.S. is that the strategic response is to apply for more grants, with the result that the equilibrium success rate is pushed lower (up to a point). Scientists get less while spending more time writing grants rather than doing science.

That is a persistent myth and most likely is linked to their teacher training or other sources where they learned about dyslexia?

There are a number of persistent myths about #dyslexia floating around out there.It came to our attention that this week, some of those myths have been given a big megaphone & reached a wide audience. So, we’d like to gently (and a bit nerdily) set the record straight www.gaablab.com/dyslexia-myths

I’m very much looking forward to speak at the 5th #iWORDD conference this October! Please join us! Info below!

Great, remote classes and cancelled daycare and school, the worst of all possible worlds for working academic parents

Im am very thrilled to share a new preprint I wrote with @teddyturesky.bsky.social: “The #Reading Brain from Womb to Classroom: Typical and Atypical Development and Implications for a Preventative Education Model”
We’d love your feedback and perspective.
You can find it here: lnkd.in/e57CEUAW

Good news: after 390 years of manels, single-gender events are officially forbidden at Harvard.

Oh. Never mind. Single-gender events are fine as long as all participants are men and occur "accidentally".

My dept - Psychology & Education at Mount Holyoke College - is searching for a 1-yr visitor in developmental psych. 3/2 teaching load with research support mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Mass. Senate unanimously approves long-awaited overhaul of state’s reading curriculums - The Boston Globe Once reconciled and signed by Governor Healey, the legislation will mark a major increase in state oversight of local school districts.

Mass. Senate unanimously approves long-awaited overhaul of state’s #reading curriculums www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

Thank you! What is happening at NICHD? Any insights?

I enjoyed participating in the Literacy Summit during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT! Thanks for having me in this important space! I learned a lot from the speakers! [Also, I had a blast exploring Sundance & may have spotted a few celebrities 🙂] #dyslexia #reading #LearningDisabilities

Excited for the 1/23 Literacy Summit during the #Sundance film festival in Park City, hosted by HILL for Literacy. We’ll explore #literacy as a public health imperative— #dyslexia, student-centered storytelling, documentaries as a reform catalyst & the transformation of learning science with AI.

A Quiet Policy Shift That Could Devastate American Science Why NIH’s sudden move to multi-year grant funding should alarm every principal investigator and university

A reminder as Congress finalizes NIH appropriations: the bill must limit multiyear funding (MYF), Vought's way of cutting the NIH budget without cutting the budget. MYF will devastate the research workforce.

@safa-science.bsky.social wrote this in July. Still relevant: substack.com/@scienceandf...

Nadine Gaab Awarded Named Chair Renowned expert in the neurobiology of learning differences assumed the role on January 1

I'm honored to be named the Pascucci Professor in Learning Differences @harvardeducation.bsky.social . Grateful to follow the late Tom Hehir, whose visionary advocacy for disability rights transformed the field. Im deeply committed to carrying his mission forward www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/2...

Why we keep getting the cause of dyslexia wrong | BBC Science Focus Magazine Genetics, audio processing and environment can all impact how our brains connect sounds to the symbols we use to read

Check out this article featuring our work via BBC Science Focus. Thank you, Nate Scharping, for a thoughtful piece on #dyslexia and its causes:
"Why we keep getting the cause of dyslexia wrong."
www.sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/wh...

I see a Christmas tree 🌲.

What a Neuron Teaches Us About Computation's Limits When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse. We lock causation into fixed arrows when biology lives in causal ambiguity. We sy...

When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse.

www.ocrampal.com/what-a-neuro...

#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

Massachusetts is the most highly-educated state. But its perch atop the education hierarchy is in jeopardy. - The Boston Globe Massachusetts students still lead the country in test scores, but their advantage has been shrinking.

Massachusetts schools rank first, but for how much longer?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/30/m...

Will NIH’s new director reform his agency—or destroy it? Jay Bhattacharya is struggling to make the case he’s in charge and has the agency’s best interests at heart

www.science.org/content/arti...

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

Check out this piece in @newyorker.com “#Dyslexia and the #Reading Wars,” by David Owen.
I had the pleasure of meeting David this summer at the GaabLab and chatting with him about dyslexia, the brain, and the critical importance of early identification. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Grants under threat at the US National Institutes of Health Changes to how research grants are assessed and awarded are undermining the world's largest public funder of biomedical research. Washington Correspondent Susan Jaffe reports.

New article in The Lancet on the NIH situation over the past year and into the future.

www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

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Eric Adams Pledged to Help Dyslexic Students. Many Say He Fell Short.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/n...

Kid 3 made pancakes this morning!

It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.

Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.

I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.

www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

Candle with lable that states" smells like you'are officially tenured" (Scented Candle)

I feel so fortunate to have such an extraordinary group of women junior‑faculty friends @harvardeducation.bsky.social They are brilliant scholars & fierce, unwavering supporters throughout the challenges of tenure‑track life: Thank you @ebonawitz.bsky.social, Gabi Oliveira & @danacmccoy.bsky.social

This is what Thanksgiving soccer in Massachusetts looks like! There is even a dust of snow on the ground ⚽️❄️🦃🥶

A federal law funding special education survived 50 years under Republicans and Democrats. But can it survive Trump? - The Boston Globe The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act sends billions of dollars a year to states to fund special ed services.

A federal law funding special education survived 50 years under Republicans and Democrats. But can it survive...?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464 The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...

Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)

www.nature.com/naturecareer...