Disgusted by O-G?
What can one tutor possibly know from watching another through a library window? Program loyalty becomes dangerous when confidence turns into blind faith—and hard questions are treated as a threat.
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Disgusted by O-G?
What can one tutor possibly know from watching another through a library window? Program loyalty becomes dangerous when confidence turns into blind faith—and hard questions are treated as a threat.
What HRT Taught Me at 23 About Dyslexia Programs
What could pharmaceutical PR in the 1990s possibly teach us about dyslexia programs today? A lesson for dyslexia tutors about promotion, professional skepticism, and the importance of asking hard questions.
What Happens After 13 Years?
What changes after 13 years of tutoring students with dyslexia? Experience brings more confidence—but it also brings more questions about programs, fidelity, and what we thought we knew when we started.
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The Mismatch between School and Children’s Minds
A reflection on why children lose curiosity in school, what research reveals about learning and intelligence, and why dyslexic students expose systemic flaws.
Why Guessing Fails Dyslexic Readers
Bad reading habits like guessing can derail dyslexic learners. This story shows why explicit morphology and decoding—not guessing—build real reading skill, confidence, and long-term success.
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Dyslexia Denseness
The majority of schools are still failing dyslexic students. The best way to improve their educational experience is to get them the RIGHT type of reading instruction.
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The many shades of dyslexia and why schools can’t remediate it
Rising fifth grader C was struggling with every academic subject. The student’s mother was told staff had not only ‘run out of ideas’, but they went so far as to insinuate that ‘she was borderline intellectually disabled’.
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Is your school putting the reading cart before the horse?
Until schools are able to teach ALL students how to decode words in grades K through 3, focusing on comprehension truly is a ‘cart before the horse’ phenomenon.
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A Back-to-School Screed
A back-to-school reckoning on dyslexia: how creative, brilliant minds are misunderstood by schools, why families miss the warning signs, and what music legends reveal about learning that actually works.
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The next chapter: How Barton helped my dyslexic son go back to school
When I confronted the reality of how my son’s public school was failing dyslexic students, I was clear Barton tutoring and homeschooling were the best choices.
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The IEP song and dance
The independent educational plan (IEP) song and dance creates the impression that important activity is occurring for students. In fact, little is accomplished.
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Why I pulled my dyslexic son out of Fairfax County Public Schools
My son was pegged a behavior problem from kindergarten on in his Fairfax County Public Schools classroom. The teacher, who has a Masters degree in reading, didn’t believe there was an issue.