“Today’s episode argues that many schools fail to provide adequate literacy education, particularly for students with disabilities like dyslexia. It uses legal cases like Endrew F. and William A. to highlight the legal obligation schools have to ensure meaningful progress, not just minimal advancement. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, shares their personal experience of graduating from high school functionally illiterate, blaming systemic issues such as prioritising compliance over competence and inadequate teacher training. They contend that schools often rely on accommodations instead of direct instruction and calls for stronger enforcement of IEPs and greater accountability to ensure that students receive the literacy skills necessary to participate fully in society. Dr. Hoerricks emphasises that parents and advocates must hold schools to this legal standard.”

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-broken-contract-dyslexia-literacy

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