Popular Myths About Learning Disabilities
by Jay Mathews – Raising the achievement of students with learning disabilities is hard, expensive, controversial and complex. School systems must pay private-school tuition for students they can’t...
View ArticleIf You Hear “Dyslexia is Made-up,” Run As Fast As You Can
While some states like California are considering eliminating the term dyslexia as a learning disability, many children struggle with reading and writing tasks that may not have a better explanation....
View ArticleMy Son’s Dyslexia Diagnosis Led to Mine
by Philip Schultz - I know it sounds strange to say, but the very technologies that have made traveling easier for most people—GPS, automated ticket machines, online schedules and ticketing, boarding...
View ArticleHow Tutoring Centers Aim to Improve Brain Dysfunctions with Brain Training
by Nancy J. Grimes One in five students goes to school knowing it’s another day to feel stupid in front of friends and peers. They are bright, study hard and some even get extra help, but they labor at...
View ArticleA Look at the Life of a Learning Disability Specialist
by Faye Lougher - Rachel Bradley of Speladd works with people who have specific learning difficulties. Everyone has a different style of learning and our teachers have the job of ensuring those with a...
View ArticleThe Emotional Damage of Undiagnosed Dyslexia
Kids don’t feel smart just because a teacher tells them that they are, but they know they’re smart when they can read. by Richard Watts - The worst thing about dyslexia is not reading difficulties,...
View ArticleThere is no unified criteria to diagnose dyslexia
by Anne Castles, Kevin Wheldall, And Mandy Nayton In their recently published book, The Dyslexia Debate, Joe Elliott and Elena Grigorenko controversially call for the term “dyslexia” to be abandoned....
View ArticleNew law in England will facilitate parent involvement in schools
by Helen Knowler - How schools should support students with special educational needs and disabilities is a controversial area of research. Debates continue over whether certain conditions exist or...
View ArticleSuperintendent is former special education student
by Lisa Schencker - As a boy, Kodey Hughes didn’t think much about his future because it didn’t seem very promising. He grew up the son of a single father in tiny Mammoth in western Utah. He had a...
View ArticleResearchers use brain imaging to develop instructional strategies for kids...
by John Higgins - On a recent afternoon, a 10-year-old girl with long, blond, curly hair, gave University of Washington researchers a peek inside her brain. Lying flat on her back inside a machine that...
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