Growing up in Salem, a small industrial town nestled on the highway connecting Bengaluru and Chennai, Senthilkumar Govindarajulu could never explain to his teachers why he couldn’t read and write like ...

In a sunlit classroom in Juba, 24-year-old Beatrice stands in front of her fellow student teachers, her hands moving with ...

About 80 percent of Americans believe the statement “people with learning disabilities are just as smart as you and me” to be generally accurate. But a majority of the public also link learning ...

Parents and educators don’t expect children to learn to read and write on their own. So why do adults think kids, especially those with learning disabilities, will automatically know how to make ...

For children like Patricia, the basic rights to learn, to play and to experience school days, have become a reality. “The answer is 4,” said ten-year-old Patricia, smiling brightly before she walked ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — August is here and Dawn Baxter already has been preparing her children for the transition from summer freedom to a school-year learning attitude. The West Lafayette mom of four ...

This story about special education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Bethany Jolliffe started ...

Last year, California appeared ready to join 40 other states by mandating a screening tool for dyslexia — a learning disorder that affects 1 in 5 readers. The test would have flagged first graders who ...

Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...