The Delphian School, Oregon

One of the many schools which uses Study Technology is the Delphian School which occupies an 800-acre campus near Portland, Oregon, enrolling students from around the world in a full-time academic programme.

Delphi Academy of Los Angeles

Eight Delphian Academies across the country operate with L. Ron Hubbard's Study Technology fully imbedded in the academic curriculum. Their students routinely graduate from high school a year ahead of their public-school counterparts, with average test scores 25 percent higher than national norms.

The World Literacy Crusade is a network of volunteer inner-city tutoring centres. It was first begun by a Christian minister in his own church in a blighted area of Los Angeles to address the problem of youth being lured into gangs, but soon expanded to take in anyone who wanted help. It has grown to 17 centres in the United States, Africa and Greece, teaching participants how to learn and impacting positively on the gang problem through education.

Hollywood Education and Literacy Project - H.E.L.P.

The Hollywood Education and Literacy Project (H.E.L.P.) provides free tutoring to all who walk through the doors. H.E.L.P. has grown to 24 centres in three nations: the United States, the United Kingdom and Zambia.

In 2001, H.E.L.P. was awarded the President of the United States' Community Volunteer Award.

The H.E.L.P. programme in Harlem, New York was recently awarded funding from the Citizens Committee for New York City and the New York Metropolitan Service Learning Institute.

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Graduates of World Literacy Crusade and H.E.L.P. programmes routinely improve 2.5 to 3.5 grade levels, with some students achieving as high as 7.5 grade levels of improvement.

In Memphis, Tennessee, the Literacy, Education and Ability Program is now certified by the State of Tennessee Higher Education Commission to give post-secondary credits for their courses, making them eligible to receive state funds for training of teachers and for those teachers to receive state-required credit to maintain their teaching certificates.