Many of Mr. Tattum’s programs have been implemented with great success at the internationally recognized Denver Academy, which he has helped guide since its inception more than 30 years ago.

In addition to his decades of real-world experience, Mr. Tattum has a rich educational background.  He holds a M.A. in education from George Washington University and has trained extensively in a variety of reading techniques, including Orton Gillingham, Lindamood Bell, and Auditory Discrimination. He has also been a student of whole language since the early 1980s. 

In 1998, Mr. Tattum launched F.A.S.T. Learning, LLC, an educational publishing company that serves the K-Adult literacy intervention market. Its core product, the F.A.S.T. Reading System, synthesizes a broad range of research and teaches students with learning differences to read by bringing together systematic phonics with intensive work on phonological skills and insights into whole language. The program is accompanied by engaging, phonetically controlled book series that Mr. Tattum wrote to help students apply their skills.