The Foundation recognized that libraries play a central role in teaching and supporting children and families to master the skills taught by the Science of Reading. Thus in 2025 we...
We helped pioneer the use of CUNY Brooklyn College students enrolled in early-childhood literacy courses as literacy tutors for New York City public-school students, utilizing the evidence-based Reading Go (for...
The diagnosis of developmental dyslexia in underserved children is primarily based on a “wait to fail” approach. Dyslexia diagnoses are usually not made before the third grade even though studies...
We underwrote the creation of the Literacy Academy Collective (LAC), led by our Heckscher Leadership Fellow Ruth Genn, to create the first New York City public K-8 public school providing...
Problem: New York City lacks not only adequate dyslexia and learning differences diagnosis methods but also teacher training, curricula, and public-school options for students with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. Solution: We...
Quill is a personalized online learning tool that helps students build writing, comprehension and grammar, and develop critical thinking skills. As students work through activities, Quill provides instant feedback and...
More than half of New York City students in grades 3-8 are not reading proficiently, a challenge that contributes to higher dropout rates in later grades. To address this early,...
We funded Reading Partners replication from California to six elementary schools in New York City in 2010 and have since funded its expansion. It now operates in 24 reading centers...
Problem: For decades, New York’s teacher preparation programs overwhelmingly trained educators in “balanced literacy” – an approach that encourages children to guess at words rather than decode them. Research has repeatedly...
Reading proficiency is closely linked to high school graduation rates, yet over half of New York City students in grades 3 through 8 are not proficient in reading. Literacy remediation...
The SUNY Impact Foundation partners with private funders to pilot innovation and scale prove programs among the State University of New York’s 64 campuses, 1.4 million students, and 30,000+ faculty....
We identified the potential of The Writing Revolution (TWR) to train teachers and school leaders in expository writing instruction, introducing proven strategies that enable students to improve their writing skills,...
