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		<title>Not LD still going strong</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2011/08/04/not-ld-still-going-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The misrepresentation of Learning Disabilities as a generic or catch-all term continues. I just stumbled upon another instance of it. www.azvice.com 602-471-0346 Kim Yamamoto Arizona Advocates fights for Arizona school rights for children with ADHD, Autism, Aspergers, Downs syndrome, &#038; other learning disabilities. I elected not to link back to the site so as not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCLD released its annual analysis of LD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Center on Learning Disabilities (NCLD), a US advocacy organization, has released its annual report about its views of the policy situation for individuals with Learning Disabilities. NCLD calls the report The State of Learning Disabilities: Facts, Trends, and Indicators and says that it includes US national and state-by-state data about Learning Disabilities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about including students with LD?</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2011/07/07/what-about-including-students-with-ld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen a couple of messages recently in which inclusion or mainstreaming has been lamented. One of them appeared on Bignity, the new group blog devoted to students with disabilities. In it Jaime Openden talks about the importance of having all teachers prepared to work with students with disabilities and her misgivings about mainstreaming. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing fraud of a different sort</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2011/07/04/testing-fraud-of-a-different-sort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a puzzling case of a student who appears to have had problems throughout the primary grades and did not get help until fourth grade, Liz Ditz asks the question, How Often Does This Happen? Teacher accused of testing fraud to avoid special education referral for her student. Not until the parents had pushed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Core standards and LD?</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2011/01/21/core-standards-and-ld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a meeting I&#8217;m attending, folks are discussing the Council of Chief State School Officers&#8217; Common Core State Standards Initiative. Here&#8217;s the basics: The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The [...]]]></description>
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