Hoot Reading

Hoot Reading offers 1:1 online reading tutoring for K-12 schools and families, utilizing a research-backed approach to remote literacy instruction. Incubated on a research project at the Nokia Research Lab with Sesame Workshop, Hoot Reading provides High-Impact Tutoring, Reading Intervention, Assessments & Reporting, and Family Memberships. All tutors are qualified teachers with a B.Ed or higher and extensive classroom experience. The company delivers explicit instruction and assessments based on structured literacy, informed by the Science of Reading. Hoot Reading supports over 8,000 students and has delivered more than 200,000 reading lessons to over 300 schools. They partner with districts and schools across North America to close student achievement gaps in literacy, offering flexible lesson schedules and resources for families to support engagement and enrollment. Detailed reporting on students’ skills includes phonological and phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and comprehension. Hoot Reading works with schools and districts of all sizes to meet students’ needs and has a library of over 2,000 culturally responsive books, including decodable and complex multi-genre texts. The company partners with school districts and charitable organizations to reach historically excluded communities, including students from refugee families, lower-income backgrounds, and First Nations and Indigenous communities. Hoot Reading has donated and delivered over 37,000 lessons through charitable partnerships, serving over 2,500 children across underserved communities in 10 states and provinces. They offer a free first lesson for children with no obligations or credit card required. Hoot Reading uses an evidence-based teaching model aligned with a Structured Literacy approach and provides scalable reading intervention programs. The company values diversity, with 1 in 3 teachers self-identifying as non-white and 30% having Special Education, Dyslexia, or English as an Additional Language Certifications. Hoot Reading employs analytics and performance metrics to detect patterns, track progress, and make informed decisions regarding instructional methods, prioritizing diverse characters, storylines, and authors in their texts.