Education World – Jim Paterson
“In a new report last month the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCDL) finds that one-in-five students have learning disabilities, but only about one third of them are diagnosed and given plans that help them. It also notes these students are far more likely to create behavior problems, fail in school, never attend college, and be involved in crime. One third repeat a grade and many of them drop out.”(more)