About Us

Our Vision

Neuhaus will be the source for renewal, creativity, and
successful reading instruction for every teacher in every school.

Our Mission

Neuhaus Education Center is a nonprofit foundation that was established in 1980 and is dedicated to providing professional development for educators in research-based methods of literacy instruction. We provide a structured approach to teaching the basic language skills of reading, writing, and spelling, an approach that is valuable for all students and essential for those with dyslexia. In addition, the Center is a resource for parental consultation and for adults seeking literacy education.

How do we accomplish this mission?

We equip teachers with the latest research-based strategies and materials to teach reading, writing, and spelling to all students, including those with dyslexia.
We help parents with referrals for students who need intensive, individualized reading instruction, provide phone consultations at no cost, hold parent seminars and information sessions.
We provide classes to help adults with basic language skills.

What is the need?

At least one in five individuals experience difficulty in learning to read.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has declared the lack of ability to read to be a public health issue. According to Dr. Reid Lyon of the NIH, poor readers are more likely to:

be on welfare,
be teen mothers,
be in our prisons, or
have mental health problems.

He also states that only 10% of U.S. teachers receive appropriate training to teach reading to students at risk for reading failure.

How are Resources distributed?

The following pie chart displays how we allocated our resources last year.