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October 12, 2023 : Evening Roundup
FromNYC NOW
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. Plus, WNYC’s David Furst and Elizabeth Kim talk about Mayor Eric Adams’ accessibility to reporters and the public.
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
In Depth: One Student’s Years-long Struggle to get Proper Instruction for Dyslexia in NYC: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made teaching public school children to read – and particularly children with dyslexia – his signature educational initiative. But for decades, city schools have been relying on disproven reading methods. Teachers have been advised not to tell families when they suspect students may be dyslexic. And families that do receive a diagnosis that their children are dyslexic are often forced to hire pricey attorneys and sue the school district in order to send their children to private schools. Experts estimate 5% to 20% of students may have some degree of the language-based learning disability. But the nation’s largest school system has historically been unable to identify students with dyslexia or offer the support they need. For the last seven months, WNYC’s education reporter Jessica Gould has followed Matthew and his grandmother Trenace Green as they learned h by NYC NOW