Reading scores are at a 30-year low, and declining across every grade level. Not because we lack curriculum, but because students have checked out. Shoelace is the only platform that makes adolescents choose to read complex text for 30 minutes straight.
Award winning and globally recognized.
The Real Problem
Reading scores across elementary and middle school have reached their lowest point in three decades.
Incumbent programs promise standards coverage and compliance. But coverage doesn't accelerate students who've already given up.
Schools don't have a reading problem. They have a stamina problem. The 30 minutes of weekly focused practice that struggling readers need simply doesn't happen.
Most literacy programs offer 100% coverage but 0% growth for the students who've already checked out.
of students meeting fidelity show accelerated reading growth in as little as 4 weeks
In pilots across Michigan, Oklahoma, Florida, and more, Shoelace didn't just engage students. It accelerated them.
Start to see accelerated reading growth in 50% of your students after four weeks of fidelity play. By end of term, real, measurable outcomes - or we keep working with you until you do.
The Learning Engine
Our adaptive learning engine disguises rigorous reading practice as an engaging game. Students answer comprehension questions without ever feeling like they're being tested.
The Journey
Educators know there's a problem. Students have checked out. But no one is willing to make a change.
Leaders commit to testing something new to engage students in their learning.
Learning becomes student-led through motivation. Teaching becomes about supporting learners with intelligent insights.
The scope of the medium and the message is invested in by learners and educators to transform learning.
Where do your schools truly sit?
Wherever your schools are today, we have a partnership path to move you forward.
Find Out in a Vision Meeting →Success Stories
When we started, teachers called Dreamscape 'the golden carrot that motivated reluctant learners.' Now it's how we identify students who need intervention, with no extra work required.
Outcomes: 92% license activation, 52% accelerated learning in 4 weeks
I'm able to assign lessons that correlate with my current curriculum or by need. It allows me to differentiate the skills students are working on to better target their areas of need.
A wide scale efficacy study with Michigan Virtual confirmed dramatic reading growth.
License Activation
(vs 65% industry avg)
Student Engagement
sustained over 8 weeks
Accelerated Growth
in as little as 4 weeks
Students using Shoelace for just 30 minutes per week show measurable growth in vocabulary and reading comprehension within the first 4 weeks of play.
The Difference
We measure mastery without "testing." This removes the anxiety that kills performance in struggling readers.
Our learning engine keeps students at the edge of their ability, stopping the cycle where work is too hard or too boring.
Students aren't "doing school." They're playing games that adapt reading complexity in real-time based on their specific gaps.
Students who've given up on reading choose to engage with complex text. Not because they have to, but because the game makes them want to.
Starting at $3,000 per school. From 4-week engagement pilots to full acceleration partnerships - we match our partnership to your readiness.
Dreamscape character stickers, journals, magnets, and kids' apparel. Perfect for classroom rewards, tournament prizes, or reading celebration gifts.
Two paths to literacy momentum - starting at $3,000 per school. Ready to start your transformation?
Schedule a Vision MeetingWe're on a mission to deliver one billion learning moments.
LMD = Learning Moments Delivered. Student engagement delivers roughly 700,000 LMDs per week.
Each skill experience is a player's interaction with a piece of Shoelace educational content, allowing us to help them discover and improve their weakest content on the site.
Which school will be named #1 Reading School in the World? April 13-May 8; Grade 3-8; $500/school.
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