One practice period per week. Measurable literacy momentum within one term - or we keep working with you until you do. Shoelace is the only platform that partners with your system to engage students, support teachers, and guarantee outcomes.
The Shoelace Promise
We don't just offer software. We partner with a proven model that engages students, supports teachers and guarantees outcomes.
Which students are struggling and why - with real-time, actionable data at your fingertips.
Not overwhelmed. Shoelace does the heavy lifting so teachers can teach.
Real reading growth - not compliance. Students experience success and believe in themselves again.
Even when people or priorities change. The system sustains itself.
Your Investment
Spark engagement or guarantee outcomes. Starting at $3,000 per school - the right path for your system is determined together in a vision meeting.
Get more students reading. More often. With real effort.
Increased reading effort and volume
A great entry point before expanding into the full Acceleration Model.
Schedule a Vision MeetingA done-for-you transformation partnership - not a software license
Accelerated reading growth and gap closure
Literacy momentum within one term - or we keep working with you until you do.
Shoelace will deploy tournaments and any required support at no additional cost until momentum is achieved.
* When implemented with fidelity. See what fidelity means.
Everything in Engagement, plus:
The Acceleration Model is the only path with guaranteed outcomes and includes 6 additional features designed for measurable literacy growth. Schedule a Vision Meeting to find the right fit.
The Acceleration Model Guarantee
These guarantees apply to the Shoelace Acceleration Model™ - our done-for-you transformation partnership.
You will see measurable growth signals and student engagement within 30 days - or we keep working with you until you do.
42% of students achieved 3+ months of reading growth in just 8 weeks (Michigan Virtual).
Your educators will be fully supported - until they feel confident running Shoelace without us.
No specialized training required. No complex implementation plans. One practice period per week.
That's it. Shoelace does the heavy lifting. Leaders make decisions. Teachers teach. Students grow.
The Path Forward
We don't start with a product demo. We start by understanding where you are - and sculpt a partnership offer that's right for your system.
Vision Meeting
We explore your literacy landscape, transformation goals, and where your schools sit on the journey. 1-hour video call. No prep required.
Insight Meeting
We run a literacy survey with your team to diagnose specific needs, readiness, and intent. This is where we build the strategy together.
Custom Offer
Based on insights, we sculpt a partnership offer custom to your system - landing in the package that's right for where you are.
Duration
1 hour
Format
Video call
Prep Required
None
The Engagement Package is designed to spark reading participation quickly. It gives your students access to our games, adaptive engine, and teacher dashboard - everything needed to see immediate engagement.
The Shoelace Acceleration Model is a full done-for-you partnership. It includes everything in the Engagement Package, plus data insight meetings, admin dashboards, automatic interventions (MyCoach™), ongoing implementation management, and two tournaments per year. It's designed for districts ready to see measurable literacy growth within one academic term.
Absolutely. Many schools start with the Engagement Package to demonstrate what's possible, then upgrade to the Acceleration Model once they've seen the results. The vision meeting process helps determine which starting point makes the most sense for your situation.
After the initial Vision Meeting, we schedule an Insight Meeting where we run a literacy survey with your leadership team. This helps us diagnose specific needs, assess readiness, and understand your intent. From there, we sculpt a custom partnership offer that lands in the package that's right for where you are on the transformation journey.
Most literacy programs assume students will comply. They offer content libraries, standards alignment, and usage tracking. For students who still believe in school, this works.
Shoelace is designed for students who've checked out. The game isn't a wrapper around curriculum. It's a psychological intervention that rebuilds reading motivation. Students choose to engage because the game makes complex text feel rewarding.
Shoelace is supplementary practice, not a replacement curriculum. It's designed for 30 minutes per week of independent reading practice, typically during ELA blocks, intervention periods, or advisory time.
Our content is fully aligned with state and provincial standards, including comprehensive coverage of morphology, syntax, and semantics in alignment with Science of Reading best practices.
We're FERPA compliant and COPPA compliant. We integrate with Clever and Google for secure single sign-on and rostering. We don't sell student data, and we maintain strict data governance practices.
We're happy to complete your data privacy agreement and provide documentation to your IT team.
