Every Child Deserves to Read, We’re Making It Happen.

We equip elementary teachers across the Lowcountry, with the training and support they need to teach reading with confidence and impact. By transforming classroom instruction during the earliest school years, we help children become strong readers, without relying on outside tutoring, and move closer to a future where every child in South Carolina reads proficiently by the end of elementary school. 

That transformation happens because people like you choose to be part of it.

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A Literacy Crisis Needs a Strategic Response

Nearly 68% of South Carolina 4th graders are not proficient readers — and that gap has lifelong consequences for students, families, and communities. Closing it starts with the adults in the room.

  • 68% of 4th graders below reading proficiency
  • 76+ classrooms engaged through our partnerships
  • 125 teachers trained in evidence-based instruction

Real Change Begins in the Classroom

For decades, Orton-Gillingham has been a private advantage—most often found in private schools or through expensive tutoring. It can cost up to $5000 for a teacher to get certified on his/her own. Your partnership is helping remove those barriers, bringing this proven approach into public school classrooms where every child can benefit.

Evidence-Based Teacher Training
Equip educators with Orton-Gillingham structured literacy tools to teach reading confidently.
Year-Long Coaching Support
Ongoing classroom coaching ensures skills are implemented with fidelity in real teaching environments.
Measured Impact & Growth
Data collection and evaluation help schools improve outcomes and expand what works.

The Tide of Change: Literacy in the Lowcountry

A short documentary about what happens when teachers get the training they were never given.

The Tide of Change follows two Lowcountry families whose children struggled to read, and the Orton-Gillingham approach that changed their trajectory. It’s a close look at how the right training, in the hands of a teacher who already cared, can change a child’s whole relationship with reading.

Together, we’re building a future where a child’s ZIP code no longer determines whether they learn to read.

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Make an Impact, Your Role Matters

Together, we’re changing the future of literacy – one teacher, one classroom, and one child at a time.

Fuel teacher training and classroom coaching. $5000 provides training and coaching for one one teacher for a full school year.
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