Silicon Valley

600B Valley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035 ᐧ (408) 945-5720

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Overview

Expanding literacy access in Silicon Valley

Reading Partners was founded in the Silicon Valley in 1999. Since then, Reading Partners has been successfully providing volunteer-led, one-on-one literacy tutoring to K-5 students in three counties across Silicon Valley.

See Silicon Valley's Impact

292

students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring (2023-24)

9

reading centers (2023-24)

327

community tutors (2023-24)

“My student almost always opts to take home a book for additional reading practice and homework. One time he selected a book that was quite a bit above his level, so I let him know that it would be a big challenge. He said, ‘Good, I really want to up-level my reading.’ I was so proud of his determination to push himself to improve!”

– Amy Allebest, tutor in Silicon Valley

78%

of all Reading Partners students meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goal (2023-24)

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.