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Josh Clark
Head of Landmark School & Landmark Outreach
The Family
Josh and his wife, Melanie, also an educator, have two children, Dalloway and Rigby. Before Landmark, the Clark family was living in Atlanta, Ga. They all enjoy running and Disney vacations.
Professional Career
Josh is a humanitarian. He champions the cause of neuro-diversity in education and promotes the science of reading as a vehicle for education reform and social good. He is chair of the International Dyslexia Association and an expert contributor to the global nonprofit Made By Dyslexia and Microsoft Education. He also co-founded the Association of LD Schools (ALDS) and sits on their board, along with the board of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Josh has presented about the importance of recognizing and supporting students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) all over the world.
Josh is a life-long educator. He began his career in education at Lausanne Collegiate School, an International Baccalaureate World School in Memphis, Tenn., where he served as assistant head of the Middle School and a middle and high school English teacher for seven years. Prior to his current position at Landmark School, Josh served as the head of two different schools that serve students with dyslexia, the Bodine School in Memphis, Tenn. and The Schenck School in Atlanta, Ga.
Josh is currently the head of Landmark School and Landmark Outreach.
Content From Josh
More Content with Josh
Learning Systems: Shaping the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education by Bellwether, the report based on interviews including Josh Clark.
This School Leader Believes AI Could Transform Education for Students With Dyslexia, interview with Josh Clark and Education Week
The Pros and Cons of AI in Special Education, Education Week report on this trending topic
AI could prove helpful for students with dyslexia, a K-12 Dive Brief with Josh Clark
- The Hechinger Report op-ed: Not enough students with dyslexia have access to high-quality reading and writing instruction. AI can help.
- Made by Dyslexia's awareness video, which features Josh Clark, along with Orlando Bloom, Richard Branson, Keira Knightly, and others.
- A Dyslexia Showcase - Josh participated in a panel about his views on education and dyslexia.
- Made by Dyslexia World Assembly in 2022 hosted by the royal Swedish family. Check out highlights from the Assembly here (Josh shows up about two minutes in).
- Made by Dyslexia World Assembly in 2023 hosted at the Lincoln Center in NYC. Josh led a panel about Dyslexia in Education (about 18 minutes in).
- School is Not Real, by Josh Clark from our Landmark360 blog
- Interview with Josh, from Don Johnston
A Sit-Down With Josh
Rob Kahn, Landmark's Elementary•Middle School former head, had a sit-down with Josh. Here is what he learned.
Students Interview Josh
Two Landmark students pepper Josh with some of their most pressing questions. Take a look at his answers.
From the Desk of Josh Clark
Originally published in The Lantern
It was my seventh year as a leader of a school for students with dyslexia, my fifteenth year in education, and my thirty-sixth year as a dyslexic learner. I had given dozens of presentations around the globe about the challenges and opportunities associated with learning differently. I had engaged in hundreds of conversations with parents about their child’s recent diagnosis, using data, research, and my own experiences to assure them that though their path may diverge from others, their children would thrive.
All of this, and when the psychologist shared with my wife and I what we already knew— that our oldest child had dyslexia—I balled. I cried because I knew what was before him. I cried because the story I had written for him would change. I cried because of my own school scars. I cried because he was me. I cried because it was my fault.
When I talk with my children (my youngest child was diagnosed a few years later) about having dyslexia and (one of them) ADHD, I remind them that they have inherited my gifts. And there will be times in life when they come asking for the receipt. There will be periods when my gifts do not seem to fit and feel less like a present and more like a weight. Especially during their school-age years, they may want to exchange my contributions for the status quo. During these times, I remind them that this is perhaps the most challenging but also best part of my gifts. Having to work harder and differently than their peers may feel like an injustice now but with the right support (and privileges), attitude, and effort, it can pay dividends in the game of life.
While sometimes my own dyslexia does not feel like a gift, I do think that I live a life full of gifts because of it.
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Dyslexia Guidebook
Take a look at the suite of articles explaining some basics of what dyslexia is—and is not, along with pieces about dyslexia at school, at home, and at work.
