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- ↑ "A New York School Where Students Learn to Read by Sculpting Words (Published 2016)". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2022-06-16.
- ↑ "YCDC Co-Directors Honored By The Windward School". The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "2020 Best Schools in the New York City Area" . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "Two boys with the same disability tried to get help. The rich student got it quickly. The poor student did not" . Retrieved 5 March 2020.