October 14, 2013 Reading Partners Dallas Nearly Doubles; Expands to 17 Elementary Schools Within DISD Leading national literacy program commits to recruit and train volunteer reading tutors to serve 650 students in low-income communities over the…
October 14, 2013 An 8-year-old Protests Sexism in Children's Books Eight-year-old KC is an activist in the making. When she found sexist children’s books at Half Price Books in Berkeley, KC protested the way most…
October 7, 2013 Do prisons use third grade reading scores to predict the number of prison beds they'll need? Politicians find the factoid a pithy way to emphasize the importance of early childhood reading. And journalists find it a convenient lede for stories…
October 2, 2013 Palo Alto Gets Jazzed for Reading Partners On October 20th, Bodhi Tree Concerts NORTH and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto are teaming up for an afternoon of live music, with 100%…
September 27, 2013 Discussing Diversity in Children's Literature This beautiful illustration by the talented Tina Kulger, inspired by data collected in the most recent study from the Cooperative Children’s Book…
September 23, 2013 5 Major Contributors to Third Grade Reading Proficiency Third grade marks a turning point in reading Third grade marks a turning point in a child’s education, where he or she goes from learning to read…
September 18, 2013 Reading Partners Colorado expands to 11 schools for 2013-14 Last school year, 93% of students tutored by Reading Partners volunteers in Colorado increased their monthly rate of learning. That means that those…
September 18, 2013 Bringing the Charleston Community Together in Support of Literacy Reading Partners Charleston to collaborate with the offices of both Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston and Mayor Keith Summey of North Charleston this…
September 17, 2013 Running Full Speed Ahead: North Texas Giving and Reading Partners Help Anthony Reach his Full Potential Racing to the Reading Center at Sudie L. Williams Elementary School, my energetic student stops suddenly in his tracks, turns around abruptly, and…
September 17, 2013 Yahoo! Employee Foundation Makes a Difference in Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is the home of some of the world’s largest technology companies and, correspondingly, some of the world’s wealthiest people.…