Tim Madigan is the Head of School at The Churchill School and Center.  Churchill is a K-12 school for students with language-based learning disabilities.  Prior to coming to Churchill, Tim was the Head of School at Stratford Friends School for eight years.  Stratford Friends serves students with language-based learning disabilities in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.  After earning his Ph.D. in English Education, with a focus on Dyslexia research, Tim earned a fellowship at SUNY Buffalo as lead researcher on a $1 million federally funded project investigating reading/writing connections in low performing urban schools. Tim began his career as a teacher, dorm parent, and coach at The Gow School in South Wales, New York.  Over the years, Tim has authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters and has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on topics related to dyslexia and reading/writing relations.