Hello NYC!

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.

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!

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

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...

I am honored to be promoted to Professor of Education with tenure at the Harvard Graduate School of Education @harvardeducation.bsky.social !!! Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. ❤️ www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/2...

As 2025 slowly ends, it is time to reflect on the ups & downs. This has probably been the hardest year ever as the principal investigator of the Gaablab, due to funding disruptions and the many uncertainties. That said, this GaabLab team is incredible. They give me a reason to advocate and fight 1/2

An incredible disability activist and human being leaving us too early. Thank you for your dedication, hard work, and advocacy. www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: ‘The science world is ending’ www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Drive safely tonight and please be kind 👇!!!!

Mass. House passes reading bill years in the making, rebuffing powerful teachers union www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...

The Gaablab celebrated #Halloween today at the Harvard Graduate School of Education! Thank you to this AMAZING Team for all their hard work, dedication, and most importantly, for all the fun!!!

Tokyo 2025

Ready for my talk at Hiroshima University today!

Greetings from Japan! 🇯🇵

Enjoying my first breakfast in Japan! Looking forward meeting incredible scientists, special education professionals, and disability advocates!

Business trips are still hard even though my kids are now pre-teens and teenagers. I don’t like being away from them! This time they get seven goodnight kisses in a bag, one for each night I can’t hug them before bed! #WorkingMom #FamilyFirst ❤️

After 94 hours (!!!) of coursework over the summer/early fall, I am pleased to announce that I am now a board-certified Special Education advocate, certified by the National Association of Special Education Teachers and the American Academy of Special Education Professionals.

Last ride of the season? #Boston #Fall

I read the headline below and jumped in the car! Flu shot ✅, COVID shot ✅!!! 😷🦠💉 Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/h...

Weeks after Harvard University won a lawsuit to free up federal research dollars the Trump administration had canceled, the Education Department is making it harder for Harvard to get federal student aid money.

Brain Development Signals Reading Challenges Long Before Kindergarten www.the74million.org/zero2eight/b...

Just attended Kid 1’s Highschool back to school night. If I hear “learning styles “ or “growth mindset “ one more time, I need to seriously consider homeschooling!! Why do these myths don’t die???

Why Teachers Say Yes (or No) to Research Participation—and What Researchers Can Learn From It From SRI International studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...

www.boston25news.com/news/local/h... While we are unable to identify individual kids with brain imaging, this suggests that the trajectories of kids with #reading disabilities may diverge as early as 18 months, indicating that, in the future, we may be able to identify (& intervene!) much earlier.