Reading doesn’t just happen
The school says “Wait and See.”
Science says Act Now.
We are not born to read
Reading is not built into our DNA; it is a complex code that must neruologically wired with no gaps.
Strong early foundations are critical
Science tells us that the window to wire the reading brain for mastery is SK to 3. Beyond that, kids hit the grade 4 wall.
Don’t “Wait and See”
Up to 60% of 4th graders are not proficient readers. The system leaves too many gaps for too many kids, even the smartest ones.
The Radical Reading System
The world’s most rigorous professional teaching tool for reading, now available to families with expert fidelity from Radical Reading.
Lexia® Core5®:
The world’s most powerful reading tool, now in your livingroom
Originally developed decades ago through Johns Hopkins and Boston Children's Hospital, what is now Lexia Core5 has been at the forefront of the science of reading ever since.
Lexia adapts to each student with a personalized learning path to build one small skill after another, using extensive built-in supports, plus flags for 1:1 precision lessons when needed.
So every child builds strong reading foundations, with no unfinished learning and no gaps to widen. It’s also an effective early screener for dyslexia and other LDs, so you know your child won’t fall through the cracks. There is no more powerful or proven tool than Lexia Core5.
Usually kept behind school district walls, Radical Reading brings this powerful tool to your living room, under our expert guidance.
If Lexia is the rocketship, Radical is your pilot
Lexia is not a reading app. It’s a professional clinical tool designed to be guided by teachers and supervised by experts. We are those experts.
While your child is building skills, Lexia is gathering data, and we’re watching their momentum, ready to step in with expert guidance, motivation or precision lessons they need to keep it up. We make sure the rocket reaches its destination.
How it works
Lexia Core5 helped 3.7 million kids last year
Developed and refined over decades, extensively researched and proven. Here's what makes it so powerful for every young reader.
Lexia Core5 is the leading professional tool built on the science of reading
Used in over
20,000
Progressive
Schools
Highest Rated
ESSA
STRONG
By Leading Experts
Backed by
20 GOLD STANDARD
Scientific Studies
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#1
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Vetted by
right to read
OHRC Report
In one 2023 study of K-3 students in Utah, the percentage working in or above grade level went from 46% at the start of the school year to 90% by the middle of the school year.
The Radical REading System
The software is Lexia. The breakthrough is Radical.
Lexia Core5 is a powerful tool, but it requires rigorous professional oversight. The Radical system provides the framework your child needs to be successful at home. While teachers manage a crowded room, your child’s Lexia success is our only focus.
Expert oversight
Our Education Director monitors every child, every week. We don't wait for report cards; we see the "wobbles" the moment they happen and pivot instruction instantly.
Precision intervention
When the data flags an issue, we provide targeted, 1:1 precision lessons. We provide the human expertise to "weld" the weaK connection the software identified.
Radical accountability
School report cards are vague. Our data is granular. You’ll get a monthly report showing exactly how your child is progressing.
Way more for way less
A single hour of tutoring for homework help can cost $80 or more. Our scientifically proven system delivers powerful daily learning starting at just $99 a month.
Radical fidelity, radical results
In education, fidelity is the ability to deliver a program the way it was intended. I founded Radical Reading to give parents a way to bypass the uneven results of the school system. We took the leading clinical-grade tool and designed a home-based system for fidelity and success. We don't hope for progress; we engineer it. That’s Radical.
— Lark Barker
Where is your child’s reading brain right now ?
Let’s get wiring
Choose the track that fits
Radical for a reason
Lark helped define the Right to Read for all Ontario.
Now she delivers it for you.
Lark Barker is our Director of Education. She has been a driving force behind Ontario’s landmark Right to Read movement, dedicating years to exposing the gaps in public education and helping rewrite the curriculum to fix them.
But she’s learned a hard reality:
System change takes years. Childhood happens now.
Lark built Radical Reading to bridge this gap, to provide the immediate, individualized clinical precision that school systems still struggle to deliver at scale.
It starts with words, but it ends with the world.
Strong early reading lifts the trajectory of a life. But too many kids never build the foundation to reach their potential. As an educator, advocate and parent, I knew I needed to do something about the silent squandering.
Articles from The Radical Reading Insider
The Silent Slide: Why Early Reading Struggles Often Go Unnoticed (Until It's Too Late)
The Silent Slide: Why Early Reading Struggles Often Go Unnoticed (Until It's Too Late)
The Silent Slide: Why Early Reading Struggles Often Go Unnoticed (Until It's Too Late)
By Lark Barker, Director of Education, Radical Reading Co. There is a terrifying phenomenon in education that most parents don't see until it’s too late. I call it The Silent...
