John Barry

John recently retired from 41 years of teaching and administration in special education, most recently as Principal at the Amethyst Demonstration School and the Robarts School for the Deaf in London, Ontario. John has guest lectured throughout North America on the topics of special education, and at the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario. John and his team led a dramatic change in the teaching or reading at the Amethyst Demonstration School. John is continuing to pursue his passion for special-education by demonstrating that any child can learn to read with the correct combination of passionate educators and powerful educational software.