For families navigating dyslexia and learning differences, the gap between what researchers know and what actually happens in classrooms can feel impossibly wide. But at AIM Academy in Conshohocken, that gap doesn’t exist.

AIM has spent 20 years doing something remarkable: opening its doors to the nation’s top literacy scientists and turning its classrooms into active research sites. Students don’t just benefit from evidence-based instruction—they help shape it. From an on-campus EEG lab partnering with Yale’s Haskins Laboratories to current studies on reading fluency and writing assessment, AIM’s students are at the frontier of literacy science.

The results speak for themselves. While only 30-35% of students with learning differences nationally complete college, 70.2% of AIM alumni earn their degrees—surpassing even the national average for all students. One parent captures the transformation: “AIM has given my child back his confidence, his curiosity, and his love of learning.” It’s what happens when research-to-practice isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the foundation of everything a school does.