Our unique, holistic, intensive, multi-sensory, proven curriculum makes it possible for low-literacy students to become proficient readers. Our students work one-on-one with tutors, five days per week in order to achieve proficiency.

The United States is currently facing a literacy crisis and it is becoming impossible to ignore. Roughly 43 million adults in our country possess low literacy skills or are functionally illiterate according to the NCES – and data indicates that this number is going to grow if significant changes do not occur. 85% or 43,000 of Detroit’s students fall into the literacy gap.

Illiteracy is intimately connected to nearly every societal problem facing our nation today – and literacy is the solution. It is through the gift of literacy that we can lower poverty rates, decrease our prison population, expand our workforce, and pump billions into our economy.

Our certified tutors come from all walks of life. Some are retired teachers, others are recent college grads, and some are even current college students. In order to achieve certification, our tutors must undergo two weeks of in-depth training to gain a profound understanding of the curriculum and methodology that we use.

We go where they show up. We offer traditional in person tutoring as well as virtual online tutoring.

Primarily, tutoring occurs within school buildings due to our partnerships with school districts. Tutoring also takes place at other sites like the Durfee Innovation Society in Detroit and the Dream Center of Pontiac.

We also offer the option to tutor from home – which is made possible by our virtual tutoring platform.

In 2016, Dr. D. Carl Freeman of Wayne State University and Dr. Hilary Horn Ratner conducted a blind study in order to analyze the effectiveness of the Beyond Basics programs. This is a direct quote from Dr. Freeman in his results report:

“The data are unequivocal. Students who participate in the Beyond Basics reading program made more than twice the progress in reading comprehension as was made by the control group, and passage comprehension increased more than threefold.”

As well, the outpouring of positive feedback from students, parents, teachers, and principals describing how the program has changed a student's life for the better, supports and validates the scientific results. As one student said, "Now that I can read, I want to pay it forward, and make sure the next generation can, too."

You can enroll your child by visiting the Online Tutoring page or you can contact us for more information at info@beyondbasics.org or (248)-250-9304.

The program does not have an age limit. We have worked with students from kindergarten through older citizens.