“Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?” This is the question posed by Brian Bannon, chief librarian at the New York Public Library in a thought-provoking essay in The New York…
Mary McDowell Friends School is designed to meet the unique needs of students diagnosed with learning disabilities like ADHD. We define a learning disability as a neurological condition that causes…
This year, for our annual Fall Professional Development Day, we did something different. Instead of inviting an outside expert to speak about teaching students with learning disabilities, we turned to…
This article on dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia is reproduced from the upcoming publication Shining the Light on LD: MMFS Learning Disabilities Handbook. One of last year’s most popular newsletter articles…
by Head of School André Del Valle A Reflection on Community I like to think of Quakerism as a skill—one that we continually learn, teach, and practice. The Quaker values…
MMFS was well represented at this year’s ALDS Leadership Retreat. The Association for LD Schools held its annual Leadership Retreat in Seattle this summer. ALDS’s mission is to “connect and…
At February’s Professional Development Day, MMFS faculty and staff learned from the best—MMFS educators. During a full day of educational workshops, our teachers, specialists, and administrators presented valuable insights and…
Imagine you’re on your school basketball team, working hard and dreaming of playing in the NBA or WNBA someday. Now imagine you find yourself playing on the court at the…
Since 2014, MMFS has been running a trip to the American South to visit some of the monuments, museums, and historic markers and sites of the Civil Rights movement. Last…
At MMFS, we talk about students with “learning disabilities” rather than students with “learning differences” or “learning challenges.” Why? Here’s how we define a learning disability: A learning disability is…
