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The students who need these private schools, deserve these private schools, whether they’re white or black or brown- rich middle class or poor. It is true that the people who can access them most easily are the wealthy. However, there are people who have been given Conor‘s placement who cannot afford it. The schools leave a percentage of seats open so that they can have some equity, but they can’t run on taking that risk entirely, which makes sense. Many people who do have equity in their homes finance the schools through second mortgages.  Imagine risking the stability of your home because you’re so desperate for your child to be able to learn in the way they need and not be suffering in anguish in programs that are harmful to them. The headline makes it seem like a racket, but trust me no parent wants to go through this wealthy or poor. It is a misery what students with disabilities go through in the department of education.  it is traumatizing.   the Department of Education doesn’t have settings like those types of settings and so this is why these students need to be in another setting. Many kids can’t be in a school that’s very noisy and loud and packed even if they have the right services for example. Settings have to look different as well as educational approach.
 I’m grateful these schools exist for the students who need them.

NYC spent $723 million on private tuition for students with disabilities. White students benefited most. NYC paid $723 million in private tuition for students with disabilities last year. 71% were white.

As an interventionist, I have seen this Neuro plasticity at work, but there isn’t a one size fits all model. Even well remediated students with dyslexia still may experience a slow reading pace and Neuro fatigue from reading even if they’re decoding skills and reading skills come up to grade level or beyond.
 But this is absolutely important science when we talk about evidence based intervention! 

For decades, families have been told the same thing:

"Your child has dyslexia. Here are some accommodations. Let's help them cope."

Cope.

As if the only option is to work around a brain that will never change.

But here's what the brain imaging research actually shows:

🧠 The reading circuit in the dyslexic brain isn't missing. It's under-built.

🧠 In 2018, researchers at the University of Washington watched white matter changes appear in the brain's reading pathway in as little as 2 to 3 weeks of the right kind of intervention. (Huber et al., Nature Communications)

🧠 In 2025, Stanford researchers used precision brain imaging to show that the Visual Word Form Area — the part of the brain responsible for fluent word recognition — actually grew larger in children who received targeted intervention. (Mitchell & Yeatman, Nature Communications)

The brain isn't waiting for a miracle. It's waiting for a builder.

That's what we've been doing at Retrain the Dyslexic Brain™ for years. Thousands of families. Across four continents. Building reading circuits, one child at a time, with the people who love them most: their parents.

We've just submitted last year's outcomes to the International Dyslexia Association—

129 students
🔨 42.5 percentile points of reading growth in 16 weeks
🔨 88% of students reached the average range
🔨 68% reached at-or-above grade level
🔨 Students who started below the 10th percentile climbed to the 46th
In just 28–44 total hours of instruction.

Coping is what you do when the structure can't be changed.

Construction is what you do when you know it can.

👇 Comment "WEBINAR" below to learn how you can become the builder your child has been waiting for.