July 18, 2013 A “low-tech” approach to improving literacy gets traction in high-tech Sunnyvale Sunnyvale is home to Silicon Valley companies such as Yahoo!, Juniper Networks, AMD, and NetApp – all widely recognized for innovations…
July 18, 2013 Reading Partners Tutors “Lean In” When the editor at Be Inkandescent magazine asked me to write an article on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s theme of “leaning in,” my first thought…
July 18, 2013 School's out, but Reading Partner's Summer Session is In! A question we frequently heard over the school year from volunteers was: “do you continue tutoring over the summer?” We’re pleased to say that…
July 18, 2013 Spotlight on our Volunteers: Texas Instruments Texas Instruments employees know much more than semiconductors and processors; they know that without strong literacy skills early on, elementary…
July 18, 2013 School's out, but Reading Partners' Summer Session is In! A question we often hear from volunteers, teachers, and principals alike is: “Do you continue tutoring over the summer?” Well, for the first time in…
July 18, 2013 High Schoolers Gain Confidence and Career Skills with Reading Partners When Jennifer Trejo moved to San Francisco six years ago, she entered a world very different from her own. In Mexico, she grew up speaking the…
July 16, 2013 Overcoming Obstacles in Downtown L.A. When Michelle, a third grader at Dolores Huerta Elementary in Downtown Los Angeles, was enrolled in Reading Partners in September 2012, she was…
July 11, 2013 Reading Partners Expanding to Tulsa to Serve Students in Oklahoma's Highest-Need Schools National Literacy Nonprofit Joins Local Effort to Expand Educational Opportunity in Oklahoma Oakland, CA—July 11, 2013—National education…
June 12, 2013 Reading Partners Receives $75,000 Grant To Expand Successful Literacy Program in Colorado June 12, 2013—Denver, CO—National education nonprofit Reading Partners announced today that it received a $75,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to…
May 14, 2013 Silicon Valley Leaders to Compete for Title of Literacy Champion Reading Partners Inaugural Silicon Valley Celebrity Spelling Bee Pits Business, Philanthropic, and Political Leaders in Spelling…