Here's how we're making a real difference in classrooms.

“If we want to give them the attitude, we have to give them the aptitude.”  Brandon White In the spring of 2025, we introduced the Tight10 , a teacher-friendly resource to enable middle and high school students’ use of fluency routines as a way to access grade-level texts. Today, we bring an update on how teachers are currently using the Tight10 with students. Brandon White , founder of Freedom A & T charter school and reading specialist for the Freedom Schools Summer Literac

High quality instruction materials (HQIM) are not the only thing that matter in school. But they do make a huge difference! I've been supporting adoption and implementation of HQIM for the last 11 years as an educational consultant - and the whole time, I've truly believed that they support equitable access, rigor, and engagement. But now, as a parent, I've seen the difference. Our home district adopted ELA HQIM this year, and I was thrilled when the teachers chose CKLA as t

Just a few weeks into piloting the Tight 10 in middle and high schools, we’re seeing momentum build and it’s not just about fluency gains. Teachers are telling us that this small, structured routine is delivering something they’ve been craving: a coherent, Tier 1-aligned tool that actually works.

This week we are thrilled to launch a pilot implementation project with schools in the Pacific Northwest! Our focus? Bringing fluency routines to older students through a research-based approach we call the Tight 10.