The Mission Hill School is a small preK–8 public pilot school within the Boston Public Schools, located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Founded in 1997 by Deborah Meier, Elizabeth Knox Taylor, and colleagues, the school has received attention in books, articles, websites, national television, and a widely viewed film series for its pedagogical approaches and the academic success of its students, and because Meier has used the school as an example in many of her books, articles, and speeches.[1][2][3][4]