A few years back, a woman in my town locked horns with the school district over its reading program for her dyslexic daughter. She gathered research, assembled a team of powerful moms with dyslexic kids, confronted the school, and got some changes made.
After a hard-fought school victory, most people walk away and vow to never enter a school building again. These school battles are deeply exhausting, leaving lasting scars. But this woman decided to double down. She bought a chain of Huntington franchises, because she realized that it can be highly profitable to provide a service for “things that public schools do badly.” She’s a very rich woman now.
Taking a page from my friend’s model, I started an education consulting business last March aimed at families with neurodiverse kids. After spending three years working to create a post-high school plan for my autistic kid, I took all that information and packaged it up for other parents. With a background in academia and journalism, sharing information comes naturally to me.
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