Caleb Hurst-Hiller

Grant Manager @One8 Foundation

Management of One8 Foundation\'s grants to 14 Massachusetts school districts implementing Ignite! Reading’s one-on-one, virtual-powered literacy tutoring for first grade students. The One8 Foundation is expanding schools’ ability to access programs like Ignite! Reading by providing grants to schools that offset the costs of adopting new programs. Districts were selected after fulfilling several criteria, including the use of high-quality literacy materials, alignment to Science of Reading principles, and strong practices related to progress monitoring of students. Ignite! Reading provides school districts with one-to-one virtual tutoring that teaches first graders who have not acquired the critical foundational skills to become confident, independent readers in grades two and beyond by pairing developing readers with expert tutors who deliver daily, 15-minute, Science of Reading-based instruction to target specific decoding gaps.