How Schools Can Reimagine the Education System Around the Reality of Human Differences

Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney remembers his 3rd grade teacher, who bucked the “normal is good, different is bad” school system with his ferocious commitment to the idea that every student — with or without dyslexia or ADHD — has something right and good about them and their strengths should be encouraged and celebrated.

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Jonathan Mooney

Jonathan Mooney is an award-winning writer, entrepreneur, and activist with dyslexia, who did not learn to read until he was 12 years old. Jonathan has spent his professional career as a social entrepreneur developing organizations, programs, and initiatives to improve the lives of marginalized groups. In 1997, as an undergraduate at Brown University, Jonathan co-founded Project Eye-To-Eye, a non-profit advocacy organization for students with learning differences that works with more than 10,000 parents, educators, and students.

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Advocacy, Curriculum and Instruction, Dyslexia, Inclusion, Motivation, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers, Teacher Education
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