The Patricia A. Maloney Fund at The Odyssey School

01/12/2023

Interview with our head of school on WMAR.

Language learning differences like dyslexia are more common than you might imagine. And here in Baltimore, The Odyssey School is dedicated to helping students thrive.

07/31/2022

Feature. Not a bug.

We raise the new possibility that people diagnosed with developmental dyslexia (DD) are specialized in explorative cognitive search, and rather than having a neurocognitive disorder, play an essential role in human adaptation. Most DD research has studied educational difficulties, with theories fram...

01/20/2021

It's pretty amazing what kids can do when they get the support that they need.

Get to know Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, who has speech and auditory processing issues. Read about Gorman’s journey, and watch as she recites her poetry.

12/30/2020

Just ran a quick year end report on Mom's Fund. Thanks to you guys, we've raised over $70,000 to help working families bridge the gap to an Odyssey School education since we established the fund in late 2017.

Even though all I did was beg for money, this is on my shortlist for proudest achievements. Not only was it mad cathartic (and it truly was) but it keeps Pat's legacy alive. And, hopefully, she's still proud.

05/16/2020

This.

Students, parents, and teachers must understand that the dyslexic’s brain isn’t “broken” or deficient, just organized in a different way. And there is specialized reading instruction specifically for the different brain structure.

01/03/2019

The status quo just isn’t working.

The instruction many students get is not based on the overwhelming scientific evidence about how kids turn spoken sounds into letters and words on a page.

11/09/2018

Ernst & Young study on the value of dyslexia in the face of a changing workplace.

09/11/2018

We can do better. We have to do better. Follow the science.

Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.