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Level III ESSA Instructure Badge
Validated through a third-party ESSA Level III study by Instructure, K12 meets strict federal research standards to provide effective learning solutions that make a measurable and meaningful difference for students.
English Language Arts
K12’s English Language Arts (ELA) is an award-winning curriculum that’s cultivated for teachers, by teachers, empowering students to reach new heights!
Proven Methods, Real Results
A Science of Reading Approach
Curriculum that’s intentionally designed and standards aligned.
Built on the Science of Reading’s five pillars and Scarborough’s Rope principles, the K12 ELA program helps students gain foundational reading skills through a clear learning progression. The curriculum empowers students to read purposefully and make meaning out of the world around them.
Trusted, award-winning excellence.
As an industry leader with more than two decades of experience, our K12 curriculum combines online learning with effective teaching methods trusted by education experts. We’re always striving to improve, so students get the best experience possible. See the difference in some of our achievements below.
EdTech Digest Awards
EdTech Digest recognized K12’s parent company, Stride Learning, as a 2025 finalist for multiple EdTech Cool Tool Awards. They also named Niyoka McCoy as “Visionary” finalist for the EdTech Leadership Awards.
EdTech Breakthrough Awards
The EdTech Breakthrough Awards recognizes educational technology solutions that push the boundaries to deliver winning results. We are proud to be recognized in 2025 for the K12 Skills Arcade, as well as a top solution provider in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Digital Education Awards
Awards for Digital Education celebrate the people, products, and platforms that use technology to transform education globally. We’re proud to be recognized as the 2024 Gold Award Winner alongside 2024’s Learning Product of the Year, Institution of the Year, and Team of the Year.
American Business Awards
The Gold Stevie Award recognizes achievement in business, and K12 has been named a 2025 Gold Winner for our Skills Arcade and Virtual Learning Solution, as well as 6 Product and Event 2024 Stevie Awards and the 2023 People’s Choice Stevie Award.
The Merit Awards
The Merit Awards recognize companies that are shaping today’s world through technological breakthroughs. K12’s K–5 curriculum recently won the top prize in the edtech category.
Made by teachers with students in mind
Student-Centric Curriculum
Key ways the K12 ELA program supports the depth of knowledge required by today’s academic standards:
Research-Backed Methodology
ELA courses follow the principles of the Science of Reading, where learning opportunities build the knowledge and skills students need to master learning objectives.
Engaging Videos
Available for all grade levels, educational videos enrich student learning experiences with systematic, multisensory instruction that builds early literacy skills.
Get Ready, Learn It, Try It Components
Get Ready activities orient students to the lesson, while Learn and Try It activities build knowledge, introduce vocabulary, and review reading strategies.
Our WebbAlign Partnership
In collaboration with Dr. Norman Webb, the developer of Depth of Knowledge (DOK), WebbAlign promotes effective and accurate use of this innovative language system. K12’s Grade 1 ELA and Phonics courses, as well as Grades 2–5 ELA, were independently reviewed by WebbAlign in the fall of 2024 as part of K12’s DOK Partnership with the WebbAlign program of the Wisconsin Center of Education Products and Services (WCEPS). For all grades K–5, independent reviewers found that the K12 curriculum met the expectations of the vast majority (> 85%) of the rubric elements included in the analysis, with Grades 1–5 meeting more than 96% and up to 100% of the elements.
Core Programs
Offering a seamless progression from kindergarten- through high school-level courses, K12 ELA curriculum provides the right amount of challenge at the right levels.
Core Programs
Offering a seamless progression from kindergarten through high school-level courses, K12 ELA curriculum provides the right amount of challenge at the right levels.
Elementary (K–5)
K12 ELA curriculum integrates phonics, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and handwriting taking a well-balanced approach to literacy.
· Combination of teacher-led instruction and independent practice
· Reading, writing, and word study workshops
Middle School (6–8)
Students gain essential language arts skills they’ll need throughout their academic careers while further developing comprehension and analysis of informational and fictional texts. 100% digital curriculum and reading materials.
· Skills recovery
· Intensive reading courses
High School (9–12)
Students build and reinforce foundational reading and writing while exploring a range of engaging and interactive ELA offerings. 100% digital curriculum and reading materials.
· Credit recovery
· Intensive reading courses
· Honors courses
A Leader in Online Learning
3M+
Students have chosen K12-powered education
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Collective years of education experience of K12’s subject-matter curriculum development experts
20+
Years K12 has been developing high-quality curriculum aligned with state academic standards
Fun Games = Serious Learning
Through game-based learning, course-aligned games help kids practice grammar skills, complex syntax, and reading comprehension. Playable on mobile or desktop, they’re ideal for warm-up, review, and practice.
Elementary (K–5)
Grammar Glider
Dodge obstacles, collect items, and fly toward the elusive golden egg, all while practicing your adverbs.
English Escape
Find rare gems, uncover secret passages, and collect hidden keys to escape the labyrinth as you practice frequently confused words.
ELA Village
Visit Lex the Dragon and navigate the map to access K12’s minigames Grammar Glider, English Escape, and Tower of Tense.
Middle School (6–8) and High School (9–12)
Iliad Illuminated
Bring classic literature to life in an immersive reading experience aligned to middle school ELA standards.
Handwriting Instruction
The innovative handwriting curriculum fosters foundational skills and inspires confidence in K–5 students. This curriculum combines research-based techniques, interactive tools, and creative strategies to make handwriting instruction effective and enjoyable.
Digital Literacy Technologies
K12 ELA courses provide opportunities for students to practice additional skills using adaptive remediation tools or complete additional reading fluency benchmarks based on individual needs.
Skills Arcade
These games are arcade-style, adaptive remediation tools that can be sprinkled into ELA courses or assigned separately. Teachers select skills for students to work on and receive real-time student data.
Online Library & Reading Fluency Tool
Students have 24/7 access to texts and e-books. Fluency tools inform lessons and dynamically adjust to student reading abilities. Teachers review key data on class benchmarks and student performance.
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