Both of my kids have learning disabilities, and they don't provide the services for those children at Duette, ... They should. Every child who lives out here ought to be able to go to that school.

Some kids need more help than others, ... But if they provided those services in a small setting like that, the kids would get the help they need.

We offer a high-quality program. We assess the children and determine their needs. We are a learning place and we want the children who are here to be learning.

Always praise your kid even if he/she is unresponsive to learning. By insulting them and putting them down, you will only push them away and make them feel inadequate around other kids. Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects -- and always rotate at its own speed. Be patient. Just as there are ugly ducklings that turn into swans, there are flunky kids that turn into serious innovators and hardcore intellectuals.

Children inquisitive minds learn by destruction.

After three decades as an educationist, first as a teacher of children with learning difficulties, then as an educational psychologist and, latterly, as an academic who has reviewed the dyslexia literature, I have little confidence in my (or others') ability to offer a diagnosis of dyslexia,