Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Making friends at the start of a new school year can be scary for kids such as Trae Bruns, a fifth grader in Troy, Illinois. Trae ...

The American education system has become infamous for below-average testing scores, teacher shortages, and other systemic issues that are taking a toll on educators and children alike. Performance in ...

Delays in meeting language milestones Difficulty remembering letter names and sounds Avoidance of reading and/or writing tasks in the classroom and at home Family history of reading challenges ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — A Georgia mom, who is also a former teacher, created a nonprofit program to teach children with autism and dyslexia how to read. Shecondria Duncan said public school was not a good fit for ...

Laura Lemle watched how some teachers didn’t always understand how to teach her daughter, who has nonverbal learning disability. Some were incredibly empathetic, others were not. Special education ...

This post was co-authored by Dr. Miranda Melcher. Evaluation complete and diagnosis in hand, it is now time to begin treatment for someone with a Learning Disability (LD). Best practice recommends you ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Whether their child has ADHD, a learning disability or autism, parents of kids with special needs yearn ...

CNN — Making friends at the start of a new school year can be scary for kids such as Trae Bruns, a fifth grader in Troy, Illinois. Trae has a genetic disorder and physical differences, and he doesn’t ...