Innovation in Education The existence of schools such as Carroll
represents, in and of itself, a significant educational
innovation. Schools that are dedicated to an atypical learning
profile, in Carroll’s case dyslexia, are relatively rare. A
program that is designed specifically for one type of learner is
also innovative in a landscape of schools that are required to
serve all children in their city or town. Carroll balances
curriculum, instructional practices, and programs that have
helped children for over 45 years at Carroll with compelling new
interventions resulting from both research and implementation
evidence. Carroll is so fortunate to be located in the Greater
Boston Area, where an incredible amount of revolutionary
research is underway about how the human brain learns. Carroll
constantly seeks to combine the proven with the promising. The
combination of interventions that Carroll uses reveals this
balance with a set of innovative, evidence-based programs, such
as Orton-Gillingham, RAVE-O, Visuali