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The Gates Foundation Is Awarding Millions to Solve America’s Algebra Problem. Will It Add Up?

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As a Black student in a predominantly white school, he says he excelled in his studies in elementary school. But after doing poorly on a math placement exam in middle school, he was placed in a math class for students with learning disabilities.

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How a Focus on Independent Learning Transformed My Most At-Risk Students

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As it turned out, Kevin was mostly non-verbal with emotional and learning disabilities. Sure, centers in elementary school made sense, but I wasn’t quite certain at first whether a middle school biology class could pull it off. You must be Kevin,” I said with a smile. Kevin didn’t look at me.

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What Students With Learning Differences Really Want Us to Know

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There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? Let me know! BGerwitz12 on Twitter.