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The start of this school year is like no other – distance learning mixed with at school learning for most districts. Most parents had a taste of distance learning this past spring and many are not looking forward to more. If your child struggled with school this past year you may be looking for a ...

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I’m so proud of my Savage team for not only celebrating 11 years of changing lives, but for doing it with excellence. The Savage LearningRx center won several national awards this year — the Excellence in Customer Service award and a Community Impact Award for being one of the Top Centers in the country. We ...

Reading is the backbone of academics. Over time, weaknesses in reading do not just impact language arts but math (word problems), science, social studies – any subject that requires reading which is pretty much every subject! Data shows that if students are not at grade level by the end of 3rd grade, only 25% of ...

Jessica knew her oldest son, Nolan, was having too much difficulty in those early years of his schooling. She had him assessed and Nolan was diagnosed with ADHD, PDD and Dyslexia. These diagnosis confirmed what Jessica was seeing – Nolan really struggled to stay on task and as a second grader, he was barely reading ...

Child struggle with reading? Do not despair, LearningRx improves reading fluency and comprehension by identifying and addressing the root cause of reading struggles! Our Director, Rich Frieder, explains below:

One of the most common academic struggles we address at LearningRx is difficulties with reading fluency and comprehension. If reading is difficult, it can turn homework and basic academic tasks into frustrating and difficult interactions. So, why do some kids excel at reading and others struggle?

Tis the season to be thankful! As a country we practice gratitude on one particular holiday, but what would happen if we practiced gratitude all the time? Scientists have been studying the effect of gratitude on not just overall happiness, but on our physical brains. They’ve learned through studies using brain scans that gratitude changes ...

Connor, from Prior Lake, divides his life into two distinct parts – life before LearningRx and life after LearningRx. Connor was diagnosed with ADHD.  This diagnosis resulted in huge frustration and even tears.  He was completelty disorganized and homework took forever.  in eighth grade, things were getting worse as the expectations increased.  Connor had to ...

Eme has been named the 2nd Runner Up in LearningRx’s National Student of the Year competition! Check out more about her story here