Surge Track | Advanced Science of Reading Program

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“Meeting Expectations” is a low bar for smart kids.

If your smart child is “doing fine”, they may be wasting precious potential.

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With just 15-20 min per day of independent learning.
Radical Boosts available if they ever get stuck.

The SURGE opportunity

Which version of “fine” is your child?

The Coaster

They bring home A’s or B’s, but they don't seem to love reading. They may rely on memorizing words rather than decoding them.

The Risk: They’re disengaged and using their smarts to get by with minimum effort. Good enough says the school. We say: Let’s build their skills so they love reading.

The Prodigy

They finish work early. They complain school is "boring." They are hungry for more but are stuck on "The Cat Sat on the Mat."

The Opportunity: Their neuroplasticity is peaking. Giving them more worksheets is punishment. Giving them advanced skills is a gift.

Radical SURGE Track

Reinforce those new reading circuits

Radical Reading is high-performance training for the brain. While school focuses on basic literacy, the Radical focus is building the speed and power of ‘automaticity’.

Deep decoding

Moving beyond simple phonics to complex word structures (Latin/Greek roots).

Processing speed

Training the brain to recognize words instantly, freeing up mental energy for high-level comprehension and critical thinking.

Rich vocabulary

More complex words, more complex thinking. This is how the rich get richer in reading and academics.

The Goal: Automaticity. Fast effortless reading that frees the brain for comprehension and critical thinking. A child who devours books with ease.

Go from ‘fine’ to fantastic

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Unlimited enrichment

The program adjusts to the perfect pace for engagement and flow so your child can go as far and as fast as they like. Your 2nd grader can progress as far as 5th grade work.

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Motivation, not friction

Lexia has research-proven motivational techniques built in, plus we bring our own to sweeten the deal for them so you never need to be the bad guy.

Radical accountability

School report cards are vague. Our data is granular. You’ll get a monthly report showing exactly how your child is progressing.

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The moment they log in, the software adapts to their speed. No waiting for the class to catch up, the ceiling is off their potential from Day 1.

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Fun and independant —feels like play, builds like science

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The Radical Safety Net —ensures they never get stuck

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Goldilocks Zone —keeps the challenge level perfect: not too hard, not too easy.

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Data-driven progress —detailed monthly reports show exactly how they are surging

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Enrollment FAQs

Immediately after you enroll, you’ll receive a welcome email with a short intake form. We’ll process that and then send you a link to book your personal onboarding session.

We don't believe in holding parents hostage. There is a "Cancel Subscription" button right in your parent dashboard. One click, no phone calls, no guilt trips.

Yes, you can skip a month anytime, or hit pause for multiple months, with just a click in your parent dashboard. We keep your child's data profile data so you can restart exactly where you left off.

We don't do “wait and see” and let your child lose momentum. If we see signs of frustration with a specific concept (like 'silent e' or 'vowel teams') that the software scaffolding isn't fixing, we will recommend a quick Radical Boost to address exactly that issue and get them unstuck and going again.

Yes, you can switch your plan anytime as your child's reading journey evolves. Further, we will make recommendations according to your child's needs. It's our job to make sure the program is working optimally for your child. Our goal is to make things easy for parents.

The Radical Reading System

The world's most rigorous reading tool for teachers, now available to families, with expert oversight and fidelity, from Radical Reading.

How it works

No driving to tutoring centers, no fighting over worksheets. You supply the device. We supply the results.

The Clinical Tool

Lexia® Core5®: The leading tool for teachers, now in your living room

Originally developed through Johns Hopkins and Boston Children's Hospital, Lexia Core5 has been at the forefront of the science of reading for decades.

It adapts to each child with a personalized learning path — building one small skill after another with no gaps and no parental hand-holding required.

There is no more powerful or proven reading tool in existence. Usually kept behind school district walls. Radical Reading brings it to your living room.

The Expert Oversight

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 the guidance, motivation, and precision they need to keep it up.

While teachers manage a crowded room, your child's Lexia success is our only focus.

The science behind the tool

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.

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Personalized adaptive learning

Lexia responds to your child in real time. If they master a concept, it accelerates them instantly. If they wobble, it branches into a structured instruction sub-path. No time wasted on what they know. No gap left where they wobbled.

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Comprehensive skill mastery

Systematically builds skills across all six pillars of reading: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Structural Analysis, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension. Every small skill is fully developed before moving on. No gaps equals mastery.

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Continuous assessment

Lexia's Assessment Without Testing® tracks progress in real time so no child falls behind. It also acts as a predictive screener — flagging potential reading challenges years before the school system would.

Not all screen time is equal

Lexia is digital nutrition, not digital candy

We all worry about screen time. Most screen time sedates. Lexia builds. It feels like a game — but their brain is focused and being systematically wired for reading mastery. Fifteen minutes a day, then back to being an analog kid.

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impressive results

In one 2023 study of K-3 students in Utah, kids 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 program is Lexia.
The breakthrough is Radical.

Lexia Core5 is a powerful tool — but it requires rigorous professional oversight to deliver consistant results.

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LEXIA TIME

Digital nutrition, not digital candy

Most screen time is brain-rotting digital candy; Lexia is brain-building digital nutrition that wires the brain for focus, not distraction. It feels like a game to them, but beneath the surface, it is a rigorous neuro-engineering tool systematically wiring their brain for focus, decoding, and automaticity. It’s screen time that actually builds neural density instead of eroding it.

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FITS WITH BUSY FAMILY LIFE

Easy micro-doses, zero parent pressure

Science shows that short, intense bursts of practice build pathways faster than hour-long slogs at the kitchen table. We ask for just 15 to 20 minutes, 4-5 days a week. Before dinner, in pajamas, wherever and whenever. And the best part? You are not the teacher. You don't have to hover, correct, or fight over phonics. You hand them the device, and let Lexia and Radical Reading do the work while you relax.

Lark Barker monitoring student reading data to provide expert clinical oversight.

Radical guidance

Expert clinical oversight ensures success

You aren't just buying software; you are hiring a clinical team to lead the process. From assessment and monitoring, to motivation and rewards, the Radical system is designed to support your child's success. While they build skills, we monitor their data. If they hit a roadblock, we don't wait and see. We step in with a 1:1 Radical Boost to spot-fix the exact "loose wire" to keep their momentum surging. This is the Radical Safety Net.

The Radical difference

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Expert oversight

We review data for every child, every week. We see the wobbles the moment they happen and act before they become gaps.

Precision intervention

When the data flags a stuck point, we deliver a targeted 1:1 Radical Boost to spot-weld the exact weak connection and restore momentum.

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Data accountability

School report cards are vague. Our monthly reports are granular. You'll know exactly what your child has mastered — and what comes next.

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Way more for way less

Private tutoring costs $80/hr or more — for general help with no data behind it. Our system delivers rigorous daily learning starting at $119 a month.

The old way

General weekly tutoring

You drive to a tutor every Tuesday. Pay $80/hr whether your child needs it or not. She picks up where she left off last week — general, expensive, and impossible to measure. Is he making progress? You think so.

The Radical Way

Targeted spot-fixes, data-driven

Lexia works every day, adapting to your child in real time. And we're watching the data. If a Radical Boost is needed, we deploy one — targeted, fast, and only when the necessary. You see a data-driven progress report every month.

Lark Barker, Clinical Director of Radical Reading, emphasizing fidelity in education.

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, Education Director

Don’t set them up for average. Wire them for potential.

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SURGE TRACK FAQs

School teaches to the middle; we teach to the potential. If your child is coasting, they aren't being challenged. Lexia adapts to their speed, allowing them to soar into complex vocabulary and morphology without waiting for the class to catch up.

"Meeting expectations" is a low bar. We are building an insurance policy against the "Grade 4 Cliff." We ensure they aren't just memorizing words, but actually have the elite processing speed needed for junior high school and beyond.

This is the most efficient 20 minutes of their day. Unlike piano practice, they don't need you to supervise. It fits in the car ride or the gap before dinner. It’s high-yield digital nutrition.

Not all screens are created equal. YouTube is "digital candy"; Lexia is digital nutrition. We use the iPad (or laptop) as a clinical delivery device to wire their brain, not to sedate it. It is 20 minutes of high-focus neuro-engineering, capped daily so they can get back to being an analog kid.

Absolutely not. We fire you as the teacher so you can be the parent again. Your job is to be the "Cheerleader," not the "enforcer." The software adapts in real-time to their brain, and Lark’s team watches the data. You just high-five them when they finish.

No. Reading is a universal code. We are building the engine; the school is providing the fuel. A better engine makes school easier, not harder. We don't replace school; we engineer the foundation that school is built on. And keep in mind, Lexia is designed to integrate into the school cirriculum.

Only Ed organizations can license Lexia directly. You aren't buying an app; you are hiring a clinical team and teh use of gold-standard educational software usually reserved for districts. It’s way cheaper than traditional tutoring, and way more effective and accountable with comprehensive data.

Consistency is key to neuroplasticity. Because lessons are only 15-20 minutes, you can do this in the car or before breakfast. Most families find it fits in quite well on most vacations. You don't need a break from something that is quick fun they can do from anywhere.