Two children sit in different schools. Both struggle to read. Both have similar low scores on national tests. But while one gets a diagnosis of specific learning difficulties and a package of support, ...

Growing up, I didn’t know much about learning disabilities. I'm older than social media (and the internet), and it wasn’t until I was in a teaching program in graduate school that I learned more about ...

In a crowded elementary school auditorium in October, two students approached the microphone to introduce the day’s guest speaker: an author who had come to read her book to the assembled students.

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SAN ANTONIO — Now that we are a few weeks into the school year, some parents may be recognizing their kids may be a little behind the rest of the class. Learning disabilities may be the cause. Reading ...

CANYON Parents of children with learning disabilities are sought to take part in groundbreaking new research at West Texas A&M University. Faculty members in WT’s Terry B. Rogers College of Education ...

Want to know another very underrepresented group in children’s books? People with learning disabilities and learning ...

Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal ...