Built for kids who
read differently.
A mastery-based online school where your child gets to read, decode, and write on the runway they need - small group cohorts, 1:1 support when it helps, a mentor who knows them, and tools built into the day. ESA and state funding can cover up to full tuition for qualifying families.
What traditional school keeps getting wrong.
Dyslexia isn't a reading deficiency - it's a different processing path. Most schools weren't built for it. Ours was.
Dyslexia means decoding takes longer - and a class that moves at the average pace leaves your child either falling behind or hiding it.
Audiobooks, extended time, dictation tools - promised on an IEP, missing in practice. Most teachers haven't been trained in structured literacy.
By 4th grade, kids with dyslexia have heard themselves called slow more times than they can count. The academic gap becomes an identity gap.
The research, in your child's corner.
The interventions that consistently work for kids with learning differences: tutoring-style instruction, mastery before pacing, and a sustained mentor relationship.
In Bloom's original study, students taught 1:1 or in small groups with mastery learning outperformed conventional peers by two standard deviations. Modern meta-analyses still find tutoring among the most reliably effective interventions in education (avg ES 0.37 across 96 RCTs).
Mastery learning requires students to demonstrate proficiency before moving on. Traditional pacing leaves gaps that compound; mastery loops back until the concept is solid, which is especially important for students whose attention or processing speed varies day-to-day.
A study of mentoring outcomes for youth with learning disabilities and ADHD found significantly lower anxiety and depression, higher self-esteem, and improved interpersonal relations after sustained mentor relationships.
A 2023 meta-analysis of 66 studies found project-based learning produced an effect size of 0.71 on academic achievement - a medium-to-large gain - alongside improvements in collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking.
A school built around how your child reads.
Every component is here for a reason - and the reason traces back to the research above.
Reading, writing, and beyond - taught in small group cohorts where every kid is on their own runway. Your child gets to ask, re-read, and slow down, with 1:1 support when decoding needs more time.
We don't move forward until the concept lands. Dyslexia doesn't mean less capable - it means the bar is the same, and the runway is yours.
Someone in your child's corner who knows the whole picture - strengths, struggles, accommodations that work. Stays with them across years.
Audio, voice-to-text, distraction-free reading - built into the day, not bolted on. Your child uses what works without negotiating for it.
A real person on our team,
within one business day.
Tell us a little about your child. We'll confirm your state-funding award, walk through what's covered, and figure out together if Recess is the right fit.