Yale is hiring in developmental psychology (open rank )! We're especially interested in complementing and broadening our area, including via somewhat less traditionally central such as cross-cultural and comparative approaches. Feel free to reach out with questions!

I saw this shirt today while shopping with my teenagers. If we’re going to say “reading is hot,” I’d love for it to signal more than a catchy slogan: early identification, evidence-based literacy practices, treating reading as an equity issue. #ReadingIsHot

The Department of Psychology at Notre Dame is hiring! We have two TT Asst Prof ads out, one in cognitive psychology and another in developmental psychology. Come be my colleague in South Bend!

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Massachusetts is a leader in public education -- but not for students with disabilities

Those navigating the state’s special education complaint process often describe experiences marked by lengthy delays, procedural obstacles, limited remedies, and a growing perception that the system i...

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Massachusetts Legislature Passes Bill Strengthening Early #Literacy Instruction malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...

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Kid 2 went to SixFlags on a field trip and won a small stuffed animal.

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.

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ALT: a cartoon drawing of a jellyfish floating in the ocean

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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.

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!

Educational Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders (ENDD)@enddbcbl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📖5th #iWORDD this October: 2 days of reading & dyslexia research, 1 on real-world impact! Join our outstanding keynote line-up + share your work here by April 15: shorturl.at/lSlBI @jyeatman.bsky.social @gaablab.bsky.social @drmluciano.bsky.social @standehaene.bsky.social @cassandrapw.bsky.social

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".

The Harvard Crimson@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Harvard administrators pushed a faculty committee to cancel a long-running, biannual symposium featuring tenure-track women’s research, citing legal concerns about hosting a single-gender event. Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

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.

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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

Dr. Nadine Gaab@gaablab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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.

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 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...

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

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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...

Nadine Gaab Awarded Named Chair

Renowned expert in the neurobiology of learning differences assumed the role on January 1

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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...

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

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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

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...

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

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.

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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

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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...

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?

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New article in The Lancet on the NIH situation over the past year and into the future. www.thelancet.com/action/showP... 1/3

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.

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

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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...