I want to tell you about Rose.

She’s a teacher in California. Smart. Thoughtful. Doing all the things.

And halfway through the year, she hit that moment a lot of us know too well.

Her kids were working hard.
She was working harder.
But reading still wasn’t clicking the way it should.

Not a total disaster.
Not a full-blown crisis.
Just that quiet, nagging feeling of, "Why does this still feel so fragile?"

When I asked her what was weighing on her most, it wasn’t effort.

It was the constant mental math she was doing all day long, trying to figure out:

Which skills kids really understood
Which ones they didn't
When kids were guessing instead of actually reading
And what was truly worth going back to — versus what just felt urgent

She told me it felt like trial and error — and the pressure was heavy.

Rose wasn’t missing commitment.
She wasn’t missing dedication.
She was missing clarity.

And once she said that out loud, everything made sense.

Because when you don’t have that clarity, every decision feels heavy.
Every lesson feels like a risk.
And you carry this quiet worry that you’re working incredibly hard, but still might not be fixing the right thing.

That’s the point where Rose decided to stop guessing.

Not by starting over.
Not by adding more.
But by stepping into the Science of Reading Formula so she could finally see what mattered most, what to prioritize, and how to use her time on purpose.

She shared what changed for her — and what shifted for her students — inside our member success stories.