Press Releases

Reading Partners Inaugural Silicon Valley Celebrity Spelling Bee Pits Business, Philanthropic, and Political Leaders in Spelling Competition   Palo Alto, CA—May 13, 2013—Some of Silicon Valley’s best known leaders, visionaries and entrepreneurs will put their minds to the test and help improve early childhood literacy when they compete in the inaugural Reading Partners Silicon Valley [...]

The Baltimore Ravens win at Super Bowl XLVII earned Baltimore City Public School students class time with the mayors   Oakland, CA—April 24, 2013— On Friday, April 26, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will welcome Mayor Edwin M. Lee of San Francisco to fulfill the friendly wager made prior to Super Bowl XLVII. As part of the [...]

Barry Bonds Family Foundation and Reading Partners Announce Collaboration to Improve Childhood Literacy in Oakland Home Run King’s Foundation Spotlights Highly-Effective Literacy Intervention Program Oakland, CA-The Barry Bonds Family Foundation and national education nonprofit Reading Partners announced today a collaboration to improve Oakland students’ literacy skills. The partnership will focus on expanding access to Reading [...]

Mayor Rawlings-Blake Celebrates Launch of Volunteer-Powered Literacy Initiative in Coordination With School District and Reading Partners Competitive Third Grade Reads Grant from Citiies of Service Awarded to Baltimore, Funded by Target BALTIMORE, MD – December 10, 2012 - Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joined school leaders, education advocates, students, teachers, and volunteers on Tuesday, December 5 to celebrate the [...]

Greenloons Spearheads National Book Drive to Benefit Reading Partners, an AmeriCorps Literacy Program Vienna, VA, December 4, 2012 - Greenloons http://www.greenloons.com, helping families source the green vacation of their dreams, announces a pay-it-forward international book drive to promote childhood literacy and ecological awareness. The book drive, starting just in time for the Holidays, will center on the [...]

Reading Partners Launches New Reading Center at San Jose Unified School District’s Lowell Elementary School The national childhood literacy program now serves 101 schools and provides one-on-one reading tutoring to nearly 5,000 students in 7 states. Oakland, CA – December 3, 2012 - Reading Partners, a national education nonprofit that started in Silicon Valley, announced the [...]

$75,000 from The Rose Hills Foundation and Focusing Philanthropy Will Support Reading Partners Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA–National education nonprofit Reading Partners today announced it received two grants totaling $75,000 to support a highly-effective one-on-one literacy tutoring program in Los Angeles. Focusing Philanthropy, a strategic nonprofit dedicated to supporting effective, well managed charities, announced a $25,000 [...]

Oakland, CA October 4, 2012 — Today Focusing Philanthropy announced that they will feature Reading Partners as a “best-in-class” education nonprofit to watch. This honor will be coupled with a matching grant to support a new school launch in the 2012-2013 school year that is just beginning. Focusing Philanthropy identifies, evaluates and presents high-impact nonprofits [...]

Presented By Chase Mayor Mike Rawlings will Compete with Local Celebrities   DALLAS (October 2, 2012) – Reading Partners, a national nonprofit dedicated to transforming struggling young readers into confident readers, is hosting its inaugural Celebrity Spelling Bee at the recently opened Dallas City Performance Hall on October 10th. Reading Partners launched its tutoring programs in the Dallas [...]

New grant expands collaboration and impact of Reading Partners and the Sacramento READS! Campaign Sacramento, CA – Wells Fargo, Reading Partners, and Sacramento READS! today announce the launch of a new partnership to improve reading for children in low-income communities across Robla School District. The flagship investment of $160,000 will support an initiative to expand [...]