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Two years in a row! 🎉 SPIRE Up has been named a CODiE Award finalist in the Best Science of Reading Solution category for the second consecutive year. This year, there’s even more behind the recognition: new evidence, expanded availability, and district impact showing how SPIRE Up is helping schools support striving readers. To learn more about SPIRE Up, explore the ESSA report, or check out our district spotlight, visit the links in our comments.

Thank you, SIIA CODiE Awards , for recognizing the innovation, evidence, and momentum behind SPIRE Up! 💙

Strong literacy outcomes don’t happen by chance—they’re built through thoughtful implementation.

📖Our latest guide for district and school leaders translates implementation science into practical action, covering how to:

- Identify and address implementation challenges
- Prioritize what matters most
- Align leadership from district to classroom
- Take action with a clear, research-grounded roadmap

Download the guide and take the next step toward stronger literacy outcomes.

Driving Literacy Outcomes Through Effective Implementation Implementation science offers a clearer view of what it takes for strong literacy programs to drive meaningful student outcomes.

⏰ Last Chance to Register - Decoding and Understanding: How Knowledge and Oral Language Drive Comprehension for Striving Readers

Join Natalie Wexler and EPS Learning to explore what striving readers need beyond decoding—and how to build true comprehension through knowledge and language.

Don’t miss practical strategies you can use right away.

Register now: https://hubs.li/Q04kv34j0

📖 There’s still time to join our upcoming session with Natalie Wexler, where we’ll explore what striving readers need beyond decoding to truly understand what they read.

In this 45-minute webinar, you’ll gain practical insights into how knowledge and oral language development support comprehension—and how educators can build these into everyday instruction.

If you’re thinking about summer learning or back-to-school planning, this session offers actionable strategies you can put to use right away.

🎟️Save your seat: https://hubs.li/Q04jJXDX0

📣 Save the Date!

Decoding and Understanding: How Knowledge and Oral Language Drive Comprehension for Striving Readers

How can educators help striving readers truly understand what they read—not just decode it? Join us for a 45-minute session featuring Natalie Wexler as she explores the critical role of knowledge and oral language in reading comprehension.

You’ll discover practical strategies to build background knowledge and vocabulary alongside Structured Literacy instruction and learn how teacher-led, content-rich engagement can strengthen comprehension.

👉 Register now: https://hubs.li/Q04hV55t0

SPIRE Up has earned ESSA Level 3 (Promising) evidence. 🎉

The independent study showed significant gains in foundational reading skills for students in grades 3–8 receiving special education services.

Read more in the full press release:

SPIRE Up Earns ESSA Level 3 Validation SPIRE Up earns ESSA Level 3 evidence for improving reading skills in students, showcasing effective, blended literacy intervention.

📘As Teacher Appreciation week winds down, our appreciation remains.

To the teachers who stayed late to give extra support to a learner, celebrated the win of a student who struggled, or who believed in a child's potential before they could see it for themselves: Thank you.

Your efforts shine long after the lights in your classroom turn off.

🍎🌠 There is often a magical moment when a child or young person starts to read on their own—and that’s when a world starts to open.

This happens because of a teacher.

This week, we honor educators who make that moment possible, and who show up to create it again...and again...every day.

✨Martin County School District reimagined its approach to intensive literacy intervention. By pairing evidence‑based instruction with strong implementation practices, the district created a clear, attainable path to reading success for striving readers.

Explore how Martin County used SPIRE Up to support measurable growth and sustainable intervention.

📖Read the District Spotlight: https://hubs.li/Q04cTq450

Missed our latest EdWeek webinar with Dr. Timothy Shanahan?

Watch the on‑demand session to explore how to support older striving readers who are continuing to build strong word‑reading skills—without lowering expectations for grade‑level learning.

Dr. Shanahan unpacks why relying on “instructional‑level” texts can unintentionally slow progress and shares effective approaches for strengthening decoding skills while keeping students meaningfully engaged with grade‑level content through intentional scaffolding.

👉Watch on demand:

Two Jobs, One Classroom: Strengthening Decoding While Teaching Grade-Level Text Support older striving readers—accelerate decoding while maintaining access to grade-level text with practical, research-based strategies from Dr. Shanahan.