North Texas

7950 Elmbrook Dr., Dallas, TX 75247 ᐧ (214) 821-4500

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Expanding literacy access in North Texas

Reading Partners has been a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) educational landscape since 2012, when we launched our program at two elementary schools in Dallas ISD, serving 80 students. Since then, we’ve placed thousands of community volunteers in systemically-disadvantaged school communities to help kids master basic reading skills.

See North Texas's Impact

670

students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring (2024-25)

18

reading centers (2024-25)

654

community tutors (2024-25)

”While tutoring a first grade student who is thriving within this program, she said something that caused me to inquire what was her favorite part of school. She paused, gave it some thought and replied, “Well, coming here is pretty precious.” It made me realize that just the one-to-one attention a Reading Partners tutoring session provides is, in and of itself, a gift to students. Her comment was certainly a gift to me.”

– Becky Manning, Reading Partners North Texas tutor

74%

of all Reading Partners students meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goal (2024-25)

Direct tutoring

Our direct tutoring models includes high-impact, one-on-one tutoring for students in both in-person and online formats.

Our volunteer-driven model engages community volunteers to support students in developing mastery of key reading skills. Volunteers are trained to implement our evidence-based curriculum rooted in the Science of Reading.

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