August 20, 2014 Top 10 Reasons to Become a Reading Partner It only takes an hour a week to change a life … Our volunteer reading partners have the unique opportunity to work one-on-one with the same students…
August 19, 2014 Narrowing the education achievement gap - become part of the solution. What is the achievement gap? We often hear the term achievement gap in articles about school reform. But what does that really mean? The achievement…
August 18, 2014 How AmeriCorps service can help you find your direction This is Kelsey Lyles story of service. Kelsey served as a Reading Partners site coordinator at Leonard Flynn Elementary elementary school in San…
July 22, 2014 The Secret Behind Recruiting Thousands of Volunteers The secret to recruiting thousands of fabulous volunteers is simple really… Enlist a small team of insanely motivated, passionate, and wonderful…
July 10, 2014 7 Tips for Raising a Reader Did you know that, according to the Educational Testing Service, the more types of reading materials there are in the home, the higher students are in…
June 30, 2014 Summer Reads for Kids Ahhhhhh, summer’s here…What a great time for reading. This is the best time of year for kids to find a passion and joy for reading. This is the…
June 23, 2014 A Monumental Year for Reading Partners This month has been monumental for us at Reading Partners with the release of our most comprehensive, evidence based research to date. The study,…
June 11, 2014 Study shows that Reading Partners program boosts reading proficiency Francisco was devastated. A new school year was beginning, but he wouldn’t be advancing to the next grade with his friends. “Before Reading…
June 6, 2014 How Volunteering Reinvigorated my Career Path In 2013, Christine became a Reading Partner for two students in New York, volunteering two hours of her time every Tuesday. In the midst of a job…
June 3, 2014 New Study Shows Reading Partners Tutoring Program Boosts Reading Proficiency of 2nd- to 5th-Graders (New York, June 3, 2014) — MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm, released encouraging findings today from a…