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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 3d

Last ride of the season? #Boston #Fall

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 19d

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.

Trump Administration Turns Up Heat on Harvard With Financial Lever

The university has been placed on heightened cash monitoring, a status typically reserved for colleges that are seen as being at risk of financial failure.

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 19d

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

Brain Development Signals Reading Challenges Long Before Kindergarten

Developmental trajectories of children with and without reading disabilities start to diverge around 18 months, rather than at 5 or 6 years old.

www.the74million.org

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 26d

Yes, I know and I preach it in all my classes but it doesn’t seem to make a difference…sigh

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 27d

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???

a drawing of a girl crying with the words aa ugg hhh written above her head

ALT: a drawing of a girl crying with the words aa ugg hhh written above her head

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 27d

Why Teachers Say Yes (or No) to Research Participation—and What Researchers Can Learn From It
From SRI International

studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.

Harvard researcher working to identify students with reading problems at younger ages

A big problem in schools is the troubling number of students who read below their grade level.

www.boston25news.com

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes!!! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/b...

Federal judge rules that Trump administration unlawfully cut nearly $3 billion of Harvard’s research funding - The Boston Globe

The decision found that the Trump administration violated federal laws and Harvard’s First Amendment rights in canceling the grants. The Trump administration is likely to appeal.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Aug 23

A photo you took that brings you innner peace

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflec...

Reflections From the August 13 Indiana State Board of Education Meeting

Andrea Setmeyer, National Chapter Director at The Reading League, and founding president of The Reading League Indiana, was invited to the Indiana State Board of Education meeting on August 13, 2025, ...

www.linkedin.com

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · Aug 21

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Shefali Rai, Signe Bray, et al:

How much is “enough”? Considerations for functional connectivity reliability in pediatric naturalistic fMRI

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Aug 9

music lessons don't make kids smarter, but many people have assumed that music lessons would have near-transfer effects, e.g. improving aspects of auditory perception

big new study led by Andrew Oxenham says "nope".

music lessons make kids better at music & that's good enough reason to do 'em !

Large-scale multi-site study shows no association between musical training and early auditory neural sound encoding - Nature Communications

Widely cited studies have claimed that musical training is associated with enhanced neural encoding for sound at early stages of the auditory system. Results from this large-scale multisite study do n...

www.nature.com

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Aug 4

Very interesting commentary in response to our recent PNAS paper by Ethan Roy (Stanford). Thank you!
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Mapping the development of neural structures supporting literacy | PNAS

Mapping the development of neural structures supporting literacy

www.pnas.org

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Basel, Switzerland 🇨🇭

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/o...

Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill - The Boston Globe

Some of the strongest pushback against state literacy requirements has come from Massachusetts’ wealthiest communities.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 24

How do math, #reading skills overlap? Researchers were closing in on answers.

Grant terminated at critical point of ambitious study following students for five years.
Please read about our work affected by the grant terminations.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

How do math, reading skills overlap? Researchers were closing in on answers. — Harvard Gazette

Federal grant was terminated at critical point of ambitious study that was following students for five years.

news.harvard.edu

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 23

figcitynews.com/2025/07/inte...

Interview with Barry Greenstein: NPS Special Education – Fig City News

figcitynews.com

Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Alex Fornito @alexfornito.bsky.social · Jul 16

Have you been using ABCD data? Are you measuring psychopathology with the CBCL? You will want to check out our latest preprint, led by @kanepav.bsky.social, which shows that the constructs measured by the tool fail to meet many basic validity tests. Peep the thread!

Kane @kanepav.bsky.social · Jul 14

New pre-print from @alexfornito.bsky.social , Toby Constable, Jeggan Tiego, and myself, looking at the psychometric properties of the CBCL in the baseline ABCD cohort. We show that the commonly used CBCL structures fail to meet standards for validity and reliability
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 15

missouriindependent.com/2025/07/11/m...

Missouri lawmakers ban controversial reading instruction model as primary method • Missouri Independent

Missouri lawmakers passed restrictions on a method of reading instruction called "three cueing" in an effort to improve K-12 literacy.

missouriindependent.com

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 15

Haha, thank you!!! ☺️

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · Jul 15

Jamie, I would also love to see your proposal. I started talking to some publishers…📝

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Jul 11

Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...

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