Starting Sept. 23, the Department of Education will pilot two first-of-their-kind programs, where 80 elementary schools and 80 middle schools across the city will receive targeted support and training to screen and identify students at risk for dyslexia.
Every student will participate in short, adaptive literacy screeners as part of the pilot at these schools.
In addition, Literacy Academy Collective in P.S. 161 in the Bronx and Lab School for Family Literacy in P.S. 125 in Manhattan will both offer specialized programs for students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities.
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