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Many believe dyslexia is about jumbled letters, but experts say that's not quite right. This story explores what's happening in the brain that causes those backward letters.

Dyslexia is a reading problem, but its influence can be felt far beyond the classroom. It often disrupts home life, making dinnertime and bedtime a struggle.

Scientists are exploring how human brains learn to read — and discovering new ways that brains with dyslexia can learn to cope.

It's the most common learning disability, yet it's still hard to answer the question: What is it? An NPR reporter who has dyslexia talks with other people — young and old — in search of answers.

At the New England Aquarium, seals don't just cruise around the tank; they go to school each day. And their teacher has an individual lesson plan for each one of them.

New data shows violence in the home hinders the academic performance of their classmates, too. Reporting domestic violence makes a big difference.

A Harvard researcher has traced the roots of our math curriculum back through the centuries. And it hasn't changed much.

Your first job can be a critical moment that sets you on a good financial path or a bad one. One group is trying to make sure low-income young adults get off to the right start.

By the time a teenager is ditching classes and hanging with wrong crowd, is it too late? One woman set out to prove that with the right support, these students can make it.

What's the key to helping a child born in poverty make it to the middle class? Some say it's good preschool, others say a college diploma. For one advocate, the time to help is at the end of college.