About Us

We transform students with learning differences into confident, independent learners.

All students with learning differences and attention challenges receive the instruction and support they need – regardless of where they attend school or whether they have a formal diagnosis.

• We Learn: We are lifelong learners. We approach all that we do with a growth mindset and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. We learn from our students, our colleagues, other educators, and our partners. We seek out and embrace new ideas while remaining true to strategies we know work.
• We Empower: We empower students to take charge of their own learning and lives. We empower teachers to use their knowledge, skills and creativity to lead students to success. We empower staff to discover new and better ways of doing things.
• We Reach: We strive to reach an ever-increasing number of students, teachers, and schools to support their growth and success. We partner to extend our reach, expand our expertise, and learn from others. We challenge and support students, teachers, our partners, and our colleagues to reach their full potential.
• We Relate: We develop personal relationships with students, parents, teachers, colleagues, and partners. We empathize. We listen. We communicate. We collaborate. We connect. We relate.
• We Care: We care about students and their families. We care about teachers. We care about each other. We care about making a difference in students’ lives, in schools and school districts, and in our community.
  

We actively work to reach, engage, and retain students and educators representing all races, ethnicities, sexuality and gender identities, and socioeconomic classes to experience and benefit fully from Hill programs and practices.

We honor and value each individual.
We celebrate differences and diversity.
We are stronger when we are inclusive.
We strive for equity in all we do.

Hill Learning Center was established in 1977 in Durham, North Carolina as the Learning Development Center (LDC), with a mission to provide an intensive remediation program for students with specific learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders. Originally established as a program of nearby Durham Academy, in 1980 the Center was dedicated to founder George Watts Hill and renamed the Hill Learning Development Center (HLDC). The name was shortened to The Hill Center in 1996. In the 2017-18 school year Hill celebrated its 40th Anniversary and in the fall of 2018 The Hill Center name was changed to Hill Learning Center.

 

In 1998, Hill became a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with its own Board of Directors. Hill maintains an affiliation with Durham Academy and serves a range of public and private school students, teachers, schools, and school districts in four distinct program areas: School, Summer, Tutoring, and Educator Professional Development Programs.