In The Big Picture, both Charles Schwab and Richard Branson credit their dyslexia with enabling them to see opportunities where others see only problems, and helping them to develop a natural aptitude for entrepreneurship.

The solution to bad schools is to work toward better schools -- not to medicate the kids victimized by them. How absurd to avoid the shortcomings of our educational system by focusing on the difficulties individual children have in coping with them.

Hybrid teachers are the hope for children with LD, ADHD and other special needs. in these changing and challenging times, my experience suggests that we have reason to be hopeful.

The woman was stunned to the point of silence. Cathy realized that this parent had never been asked to be an equal partner in the academic advancement of her child. From that point on, that particular parent was fully engaged in her child's education. Has it all been worth it?

The Hybrid Teacher is guided and energized by finding out what facilitates effective learning and what gets in the way.

The Mercury Policy Project of Montpelier, Vt., is pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap tuna from school lunch menus after a test of 59 ...

This is not a solution for the dearth (or death) of self-contained specialized programs in which intensive specialized instruction can take place (clearly my preference), but perhaps a way to do some damage control.

A recent nationwide survey of nearly 2,000 Americans by the National Center for Learning Disabilities has found that many people are uncertain about t...

For many students with brain-based learning disabilities, the unrelenting frustration involved in taking in, processing and producing information is a rather chronic condition.

If you or anyone you know has a learning disability, you will be riveted by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young's journey.

Parents of kids with learning issues have a lot of questions, but this the biggest one of all: If my child is struggling now, will he always? Listening to those who have been there, done that, is like looking into a crystal ball.