Landmark School Education: Empowering Dyslexic Minds | Language-Based Learning Model

Different by Design
Here's How

Dyslexic minds deserve an education as remarkable as their thinking. Students thrive in Landmark School’s literacy ecosystem designed just for them—in every class, with every teacher, every day.

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How We Teach

The Landmark Language-Based Learning Model

Landmark’s approach combines intensive, evidence-based language remediation with comprehensive skill application and authentic problem solving—creating confident, independent learners who understand and leverage the way they learn. Learn more about how we teach.

THE LANDMARK LANGUAGE-BASED LEARNING MODEL

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Structured Literacy Instruction

Explicit, evidence-based instruction helps students build foundational reading, writing, spelling, and language skills. Landmark's proven approach addresses the root causes of learning challenges while giving students the tools they need to succeed.

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Critical Thinking and Exploration

Students apply their skills through meaningful, hands-on learning that encourages curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving. By exploring real-world questions and challenges, students learn to think deeply and independently.

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Empowerment and Advocacy

Students develop a strong understanding of how they learn best and gain the confidence to communicate their needs. Over time, they become self-aware, self-advocating learners who are prepared to navigate school, college, and life.

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Executive Function Skill Building

Organization, planning, time management, and flexible thinking are taught intentionally and practiced every day. Students develop the habits and strategies needed to manage increasing independence and responsibility.

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Explicit

Nothing is left to chance—all teachers clearly explain, model, and practice every skill and strategy.

Scaffolded

Scaffolding is intentionally built and taken down to ensure students are challenged but not overwhelmed.

Meaningful

When students use their developing skills to solve real problems they care about, learning becomes meaningful.

Individualized

Tailored to each student's specific learning profile, not a one-size-fits-all program.

Structured

Learning follows a clear, logical sequence so students build skills step by step with purpose and clarity.ui iur. Ehendisquam essinis utendigent.

Data-Driven

Teachers use ongoing assessment and student data to guide instruction and adjust support for each learner.

Landmark's Six Teaching Principles™

Traditional teaching often relies on students figuring out how to learn. The Six Teaching Principles make the invisible visible—explicitly teaching not just what to learn, but how to learn it.

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What Makes
the Magic?

Custom-Built for You

No two Landmark students are the same—and neither are their programs. Every student’s learning plan is intentionally designed to build on strengths, spark interests, and directly address areas of need.

Our approach is language-based, skills-based, and rooted in direct, explicit instruction in every class, with every teacher, every day. This is not a one-size-fits-all model. It’s education designed with purpose—and it works.

Expert Faculty

At Landmark, every teacher is a language teacher.

Our faculty are deeply trained in evidence-based, structured literacy and explicit executive functioning instruction. One hundred percent of our teachers either hold or are working toward an advanced degree.

New faculty complete our Teacher Residency Program, developed in partnership with Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. This immersive training ensures that every Landmark teacher becomes an expert in how our students learn—and how to help them thrive.

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Individualized Tutorial

A defining part of Landmark's academic program is the tutorial personalized for each student. While our reading instruction shares the scientific foundation of approaches like Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or LiPS, our faculty aren’t limited by a single method. This flexibility allows for a custom-built program to meet the individual needs of each student. Our program is grounded in the science of reading and structured literacy.

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Small Classes

Learning happens best when students are known.

With class sizes of six to eight, teachers can adjust pacing, content, and instruction in real time. Expert literacy instruction is woven into every subject, every day—creating consistency, confidence, and momentum across the academic experience.

Advisory Program

Every student needs someone in their corner.

Students meet regularly with their Advisory group, led by a faculty member who knows them well. Advisors serve as a steady presence—coach, advocate, and guide—helping students build skills, reflect on progress, and navigate challenges.

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Engaged Students

When families inquire about Landmark School, we invite them to picture a community of curious, thoughtful, and engaged students—young people who are bright and eager to succeed in a school designed for them.

Our students come from across the U.S. and around the world. They have a wide range of interests, care deeply about one another, and are learning innovative, evidence-based ways to understand and manage their language-based learning disability..

Time for the Fun Stuff

Students who struggle in school too often miss out on the experiences that make school joyful.

At Landmark, academics are just one part of a full, vibrant life. Visual arts, athletics, performing arts, community service, trips, and leadership opportunities are not extras—they’re essential. These experiences help students discover interests, build confidence, and grow into engaged, self-assured young adults.

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