Testimonials
Student responses to their experiences of success.
Miguel. “I’m actually feeling better about my reading,” after accomplishing over 150wpm with clear comprehension only a year after a time when he needed to read a slow 90wpm in order to understand his assignments.
Tiffany. “I stopped reading word for word,” paraphrase of her explanation for why she was performing so much better in her school work.
Tanya. “I was wondering how to pronounce that word while I was reading, and I figured it out.” Knowing she had mispronounced a word, but she ‘read through it’ rather than stopping to ‘sound it out.’ Then reading it correctly in its second appearance in the text.
Katryn. “I messed up, but I got what I read,” acknowledging that she had mispronounced several words, but realizing that she understood what she had read.
Kristen. “I got that word correct, didn’t I?”, having misread a word on it first appearance in the passage but reading it correctly in its second appearance.
Nate. “Something just clicked, and I understood what was happening.” His explanation for why he struggled so much in the first part of a passage, but then reading with excellent fluency and comprehension in the second part.
Jose. “I don’t need to join a gang because now I can read,” paraphrase of his comment about graduating after learning to confidently read 8th grade materials having struggled with 4th grade materials through most of high school.
“They leave with increased reading prowess that perpetuates a higher level of self-esteem, tenacity, and overall confidence in school.”
— Classroom teacher
“One of the greatest lessons I learned from Wade is the understanding that not every student learns in the same manner. He emphasized that it is the educator’s responsibility to be flexible and adapt their teaching style to serve all students best.”
“Wade was a trailblazer in his creation of a reading technique that helped students below grade level achieve goal after goal set by he and the student. He developed confidence through fluency with students who had resigned themselves to struggling and remaining below grade level for the rest of their lives. This then created an overall increase in the student’s self-confidence which was recognized by every teacher. It was very exciting to watch.”