Once at School

Empower your existing support staff to teach children to read

A daily, one-on-one early reading intervention for PreK–1st grade, with scripted lessons, hands-on training, and weekly video coaching for your staff.

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An instructional aide working one-on-one with a young student using the Once curriculum
A support staff member sitting beside a child during a one-on-one reading lesson

The model

In-person tutoring, the way kids learn best

Instruction happens the way young students learn best: sitting next to a trusted adult, one-on-one, every day. No screens between them. No cohorts. Just focused, consistent 15-minute sessions.
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No certifications required

Empower the support staff you already have

With Once's scripted curriculum and weekly video coaching, instructional aides, assistants, and paraprofessionals don't need special certifications or experience to teach your students to read.
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District results

What happens when schools make one-to-one reading instruction possible

Louisiana case study

Tangipahoa Parish School System

24% → 66%

kindergarten DIBELS proficiency after one school year

“The teachers, the Once instructors, the principals were just pleasantly surprised at the results of just one year with Once—which is why we decided to extend that into the first grade.”
Melissa StilleySuperintendent
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Indiana case study

Goshen Community Schools

~2×

growth compared with students who did not receive Once

“Our kids in Once grew almost twice as fast as kids that did not receive Once. That was the number one reason why we have it in every school now.”
Javier JiménezAssistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools
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What you get

Everything a school needs to make it work

You set the program in motion. We handle the rest.

Launch support

Scheduling, onboarding, and implementation support help your team get started without adding more work for teachers.

Curriculum

Fully scripted, Science of Reading–aligned phonics curriculum with 200 cycles of instruction.

Training & coaching

Hands-on training and weekly video coaching help every instructor deliver consistent, high-quality lessons.

Progress visibility

Track attendance, student pacing, reading progress, and oral reading fluency across your implementation.

Flagship evidence

0.46SD effect

Significant growth in kindergarten reading

For below-median kindergarten students who completed 80+ Once sessions in LXD Research's 2024–25 FastBridge quasi-experimental study. Statistically significant at p<0.001.

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4

Complete

ESSA Tier 3 studies

1

Complete

ESSA Tier 2 study

1

In progress

ESSA Tier 1 study

Included with every implementation

Efficacy research included

Once sees every school and district as a research partner. Get efficacy data about your implementation at no additional cost—and help build a clearer picture of what works in early literacy.

Implementation-specific data

Understand student progress within your own Once implementation.

Included from the start

Efficacy research support is provided at no additional cost.

A growing evidence base

Help strengthen what schools know about effective early literacy instruction.

20%

of outsourced tutoring

Affordability

The most affordable one-on-one tutoring in the country

Because Once instructors are existing school support staff—not outsourced tutors—Once costs roughly 20% as much as typical high-dosage tutoring programs.

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Low risk

Start with Tier 2/Tier 3, then expand

You don't need to take a risk to try Once. Start with a small cohort as a Tier-2 or Tier-3 reading intervention program, and then expand to Tier-1 with all kindergarteners once you see the impact for yourself.
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Other ways to bring Once to students

Need another way to reach more students?

If your school doesn’t have enough existing support staff, Once can help you build a tutoring workforce or bring daily reading instruction home.

Once CTE

High school CTE students tutor younger readers, with recorded sessions, progress tracking, and coaching for students and supervisors.

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Once at Home (School-Managed)

Give families district-funded access to Once at Home, so parents can deliver focused 15-minute reading lessons.

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