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TWIN FALLS — Here in Idaho, 27 percent of students who have learning disabilities drop out of high school, a new national report shows.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities released a report Tuesday, “The State of Learning Disabilities: Understanding the 1 in 5.”

It’s part of research about one-in-five children in the United States who have learning or attention disabilities.

The report states more than 6,000 Idaho children receive special education services — about 9 percent of public school students.

More than two-thirds of them spend most of their school day in a general education classroom.

“Inclusion is beneficial, but in a nationwide survey many general educators said they don’t have the training or the resources to meet the needs of diverse learners,” according to a statement from the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

To see the report, visit ncld.org/state-snapshots.

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