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Randi Levine, its policy director, told me that in her experience, the Department of Education has at times discouraged its public-school teachers from using the term \u201cdyslexia\u201d with parents. \u201cWe hear stories of families who are requesting help, who are being told, \u2018Give it more time, give it more time,\u2019\u201d she says. 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