We Know Most of Them Can Read!

The HILL develops and deploys sustainable literacy programs in our nation's schools. We don't take the challenge of teaching kids to read lightly: we know that we can help the 40-50% of children who fail to read at grade level each year. How? Working with leadership-oriented principals and superintendents, and supported by the highest-quality literacy professionals in the nation, HILL helps schools transform into efficient, systemic platforms for literacy excellence.

We start at the top and build leadership teams, recommend curriculum, train teachers and reading personnel, introduce evaluation methodologies and provide support throughout the process to ensure success.

The HILL began by working with five Massachusetts schools and has since helped hundreds of schools nationwide. In 2003, the Massachusetts Department of Education chose the HILL as the professional development provider for all Reading First schools in Massachusetts. As a result, Massachusetts was honored by the U.S. Department of Education for its outstanding achievements in Reading First, and received close to $3,500,000 in additional Reading First incentive funds, the only state in the nation to be so recognized. In later rounds, Massachusetts, along with three other states, received additional grants.

With the HILL, school districts increase their literacy rates by 20% to 40%

The HILL has been the primary professional development provider in Massachusetts' Reading First and Early Reading First initiatives in Boston and Chelsea and has impacted literacy outcomes of hundreds of schools throughout the U.S.