How Your Child’s Reading Can Change in One Summer 
Can one summer of reading really make that big of a difference? Hear from a LearnUp tutor about how just 15 sessions of tutoring over the summer can impact literacy skills.
Mei LinJune 22, 2026
What Is Structured Literacy? What Every Parent of a Struggling Reader Needs to Know 
The human brain was not designed to read. Reading is a skill that must be explicitly taught — and for decades, most schools got it wrong. Here's what structured literacy is, why it works, and how LearnUp uses it to teach every child to read. Quickly.
Steve HaglerApril 14, 2026
How Your Child Can Benefit From a Summer Reading Program 
As a parent, you may well spend part of each spring making plans for your child’s summer activities. Summer is an excellent time for kids to take a breather from the classroom, but it’s by no means a time for them to stop learning and growing—or reading.
adminApril 29, 2024
No, your kids don’t need to ‘catch up’ this summer
In an op-ed for San Francisco Chronicle, Steve Hagler discusses how parents should resist the pressure of feeling like their kids need to spend their summer months trying to "catch up". Instead, Hagler, LearnUp's Executive Director, educated readers on why simply focusing on reading is the better alternative.
adminJanuary 10, 2024
COVID Reading Slide
As a parent, you may well spend part of each spring making plans for your child’s summer activities. Summer is an excellent time for kids to take a breather from the classroom, but it’s by no means a time for them to stop learning and growing—or reading.
adminMay 10, 2023
