Equity] requires educators to take a step back and say, ‘No, I want these students to have access because I believe that they ...

Specific Learning Disorders (LD) ... In addition, there may be problems in organization skills, self-regulatory behaviors, and social skills. A learning disability is not the result of 1) mental ...

Identifying a specific learning disability involves data collection from sources that include standardized tests, observations, reviews of student work and interviews, Mannis says.

Up to 10 percent of the population are affected by specific learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, translating to 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom, according to a new review.

Dyslexia and specific learning disabilities have a number of commonalities, but the main difference is that the term “dyslexia” is not used to identify students in the education system.

As a parent, it is natural to wonder if your child is developing at an expected pace, especially when it comes to learning.

In Kansas, about 16 percent of students with a specific learning disability — meaning some challenge that impacts attention and learning — dropped out of high school during the 2014-15 ...

A specific learning disorder is a condition that interferes with children's ability to listen, think, speak, write, spell and do mathematics. Children mainly struggle with reading or writing.