The Einstein School

The Einstein School was founded in 1998 by Dr. Tim Conway from The Morris Center and Zach Osbrach - a concerned citizen of Alachua County who himself had been diagnosed with severe dyslexia as a child. The impetus for starting the Einstein School occurred in the early 1990's following a series of seminal events: The Morris Center published a paper... in the Journal of Learning Disabilities in 1991 on the successful treatment of 6 children with severe dyslexia. An older adult with severe dyslexia participated free of charge in The Morris Center's treatment program and also achieved highly successful results. In 1993 The Morris Center collaborated with Florida State University to complete two 5-year research investigations. Results from these studies began being published in professional journals and books in 1997, showing for the first time that it was possible to achieve successful treatment of dyslexia in 8 to 10-year-old children (these were children in the Alachua County School system who received free treatment services from The Morris Center during this research grant) AND that it was possible to prevent dyslexia in over 97% of 5-year-old children who were high-risk for developing dyslexia. Based on these research proven treatment methods used at The Morris Center, in 1998 Dr. Conway and Mr. Osbrach wrote the charter application to found the Einstein School - a specialized and free (no tuition) charter school for children in Kindergarten through sixth grade who were struggling to learn to read, write, spell, speak or comprehend English. Unfortunately, many physicians, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, teachers and families were unaware of the research that supported the Einstein School. This lack of awareness of the importance of providing treatment as soon as possible, as well as not knowing that research proven treatment methods now existed to actually prevent dyslexia in high-risk children as young as 5-years-old lead to changes at Einstein School. Despite community education efforts, the ...Read More