The Roberts Academy and Dyslexia Center at Vanderbilt University, established with a transformational gift from Hal and Marjorie Roberts, is an academy for primary students with dyslexia and an innovative center focused on outreach and dyslexia research.
Roberts Academy
The Roberts Academy is a transitional school providing individualized, scientifically based instruction. A tiered opening of the academy will begin in fall 2024 with rising 3rd and 4th grades.
Roberts Dyslexia Center
The Roberts Dyslexia Center is an interdisciplinary hub for collaboration among scholars from the university and beyond to advance groundbreaking dyslexia research.
Vanderbilt Announces Transformational Gift to Launch Roberts Academy and Dyslexia Center
We believe our investment in Vanderbilt will help transform education and the lives of children with dyslexia in the U.S. and around the world. To us, changing the lives of children is what matters most.
Hear from Peabody College faculty and administrators on the topic of dyslexia
These panel discussions took place as part of the Vanderbilt Reunion festivities in November 2023 and 2024. Panelists discuss the progression of developing, starting, and opening the school, as well as their individual scholarly research that contributes to the field of dyslexia.