November 16, 2013 Step Away from Your Desk: How Volunteering Can Boost Productivity at Work It‘s no secret that volunteerism has countless positive impacts on the community, and that volunteers are the driving force of local nonprofit…
November 11, 2013 "I am a Reading Partner Because..." There are a million and one reasons to volunteer, here are just a few brought to you by our volunteer tutors. I am a Reading Partner…
November 10, 2013 Early Reading Deficiencies Create Conditions that Enhance Teen Pregnancy Risk In a recent blog post, we discussed the high cost of poor literacy skills and the potential connection to a young person’s likelihood of being…
November 8, 2013 Latest fourth grade reading achievement scores prove U.S. has a long way to go America received its report card yesterday, and, for most of us, we deserve to be sent to our rooms without supper. While there were significant…
November 7, 2013 What Went Wrong With Colorado's Amendment 66? Reading Partners’ CEO Michael Lombardo laments the defeat of Colorado’s “grand bargain,” an amendment that would have seen nearly $1 billion directed…
November 4, 2013 In Silicon Valley, Tutoring is a Family Affair After sending her youngest son off to college, Debbie Dawkins was looking for a creative way to spend her days. Debbie’s son suggested that she look…
November 4, 2013 Maximize Your Impact: Give to Reading Partners on Colorado Gives Day We want to see lifelong learners coming from Colorado schools: students full of potential, empowered by education, and ready to drive our world into…
October 30, 2013 Charleston Book Buddies Becomes Charleston Region of Reading Partners Charleston Volunteers for Literacy Book Buddies Program Joins National Literacy Nonprofit to Expand Impact in Charleston County Charleston,…
October 23, 2013 Reading Partners and the Common Core State Standards As they settled into the day’s tutoring session, Edward, a third grader in Denver, and his tutor, Mr. Harlon, discussed their shared love of…
October 22, 2013 Teens Serving their Community in Colorado Mapleton Students Make a Difference For most, high school is a turbulent four years filled with fun, friends, proms, SATs, ACTs, cliques, social…