Learning Ally Blog: Access and Achievement

Now more than ever, people with learning and visual disabilities are flourishing in the classroom, launching productive careers and becoming assets in their communities. This blog spotlights remarkable individuals who demonstrate that having a visual or print disability is no barrier to educational success.

Lauren Holstein (LAE)

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Dyslexic Teen Shares the Gift of Reading

January 10, 2014 by Lauren Holstein (LAE)

When some people find success, they feel inspired to pay it forward. This was the case for Manhattan-based, dyslexic ... Read More

Steve McQueen: Overcoming His Shame of Dyslexia

January 8, 2014 by Lauren Holstein (LAE)

In a lengthy interview with The Guardian, Steve McQueen, the award-winning British director whose most recent film, 12 Years a Slave, is ... Read More

Read It Before You See It: Upcoming Books-to-Movies

January 2, 2014 by Lauren Holstein (LAE)

[caption id="attachment_22656" align="alignright" width="158"] "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.[/caption] With settings ranging from World War II to Middle Earth, there ... Read More

11 Foreign Education Policies That Could Transform American Schools

December 19, 2013 by Lauren Holstein (LAE)

[caption id="attachment_22607" align="alignright" width="300"] The PISA Test[/caption] Research shows that on the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA), an exam ... Read More

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