Welcome to the Highlander Institute.
The Highlander Institute is a non-profit community of educators and professionals working to improve the educational experience of students who struggle with learning. Our methods are based in the latest research and best practices from universities and research centers across the country.
Our services are directed at both students and educators and are focused on helping students gain ground in language, reading, and math. Over the last decade, we have worked with hundreds of students and thousands of educators across New England.
The Institute wants to see every student realize his or her full potential. READ MORE »
What We Do
Professional Development:
Maximize student learning potential and instructional power with Data Coaching from the Highlander Institute. Learn how to leverage student assessment data to significantly impact math and literacy benchmark levels at your school. READ MORE »
School Services: Our models for School Reform have helped partner schools and school districts increase their NECAP scores by an average of 11 points over two years. READ MORE »
Student Services: The Highlander Institute supports students across Rhode Island and Massachusetts through after school tutoring programs, individual evaluations, and IEP consultations. READ MORE »
Recent News
Gift to Highlander Honors Bryant Wick - The Highlander Institute recently received a $50,000 gift to develop tools that help teachers efficiently implement Response to Intervention (RTI) processes and services in their classrooms and schools. These tools will directly impact teachers and increase the power of their instruction; however, the ultimate goal behind the tools is to improve the academic trajectories of struggling [...]
Highlander Dunn Institute and Metryx: Developing one of the “5 coolest apps” in RI - Tech startups have to start up somewhere. Ambitious entrepreneurs, well aware of a smartphone apps’ ease of delivery, set sights high—regional, national and global—right out of the gate. Several such startups are being developed right here in Rhode Island. One locally grown touch-screen application has already started to increase the rate at which teachers can [...]
Highlander Recognized for Innovation by the Providence Business News - Creative Curriculum Sparks Results at Highlander Oct 3, 2011 By Alli-Michelle Conti, Contributing Writer Charter schools are a chance to involve entire communities. Highlander Charter School takes that notion and runs with it. Other area public schools are, in fact, looking to them as a model. At the forefront of their innovation is touch technology, [...]
Highlander Institute Hosts Reid Lyon and a Highly Successful Conference - Over 200 educators from around the region descended upon Providence College on October 23rd to hear Reid Lyon and a host of excellent workshop presenters. Participants left this highly successful event full of tools, strategies, paradigms and optimism for supporting struggling learners in their care. For a full summary of the conference, read more…
Highlander Launches Formative Assessment App for iPads & Smart Phones - New England Post - 10/10/2011 The passing of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs last week brought with it heartfelt tributes — shared on fans’ Facebook walls and Twitterfeeds — from the moment the news was made public. Pictures, quotes and videos, countless likely posted from devices that Jobs himself helped pioneer and bring to market, were [...]
