About
LearnUp Centers offers structured literacy tutoring and reading tutoring for struggling readers, with or without a diagnosis of dyslexia. The program includes 55-minute 1:1 lessons, free reading assessments, and a typical lesson covers sounds, syllables, words, reading, comprehension, and writing. LearnUp says it uses a multidisciplinary structured phonics curriculum with proprietary decodable chapter books and a tactile, multi-sensory magnetic board.
Programs
- Structured literacy tutoring / reading tutoring — Struggling readers; with or without a diagnosis of dyslexia · Year-round; 55-minute lessons; 1:1 tutoring; 1 hour of tutoring, five days a week is described as the program and pricing basis · Free reading assessments are offered. LearnUp says it teaches kids to read using a multidisciplinary structured phonics curriculum with proprietary decodable chapter books.
At a glance
- Ages: 5–18 years old
- General schedule: Year-round enrollment. Lessons are 55 minutes. A typical lesson includes sounds, syllables, words, reading, comprehension, and writing. LearnUp states that 1 hour of tutoring five days a week is the basis for its program and pricing.
About the provider
LearnUp is a nonprofit on a mission to teach kids how to read. It says its structured literacy curriculum integrates Orton-Gillingham based programs, speech therapy, structured phonics, and the latest brain research, and that the curriculum and chapter books have been used for over 20 years by teachers, tutors, and entire school districts. Steve Tattum is identified as LearnUp’s reading director.
- Structured Phonics Training Workshop — Not stated · Workshop to learn how to teach students to read using a Structured Literacy curriculum aligned to the Science of Reading.
- Teaching Teens to Read Training Course — Teens · Training course listed in the site navigation.
- Free reading assessment — Child's grade options shown: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Middle School, High School, Adult · 15–20 minute reading assessment; available in person in San Francisco or virtually.
Ongoing enrollment. LearnUp says it enrolls all year round and has tutors available to fit a child’s needs and schedule. It also offers scholarships on a sliding scale based on family need and availability of scholarship funds.
What families say
“LearnUp is so efficient – they get the best results while also being the least time intensive and costly. Other programs wanted our son to commit 2-3 hours a day for several months, which would have been much more expensive and difficult to schedule.” — Russell H., LearnUp Parent
Last updated September 20, 2026.
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