
New York City
Stories

August 12, 2022
Adeola Whitney: CEO, educational leader, volunteer tutor for Reading Partners NY
As the CEO of Reading Partners, Ola Whitney has quite a busy schedule, but she always makes time to tutor her student, Brianna.
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April 25, 2016
The more that you read, the more things you will know
Zahra shares her experience with Reading Partners and the growth she has seen in the students she has worked with as a volunteer.
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April 27, 2015
Life imitating fiction
Actor and activist Lee Roy Rogers infuses her lessons with real life experiences, on and off stage–igniting a love of stories, reading, and learning in her student, Brandon
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February 19, 2015
Isabella Returns to Reading Partners
Site Coordinator Isabella reflects on starting her second year of service with Reading Partners New York.
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February 19, 2015
Ying and Yang's story
Ying and Yang both benefit from their time spent together. Yang is able to really progress having a tutor who speaks her native language.
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February 19, 2015
Elizabeth Kipp-Giusti talks about being a site coordinator
The Fourth Grade Shift
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When I teach a student to identify and develop the “sequence of events” skill, I often start with a story. I enjoy the… -
February 19, 2015
Principal Pat Mitchell's story in her own words
Why Reading Partners Works
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Patricia Mitchell is the principal of PS 48, an elementary school in the South Jamaica neighborhood in New York City. Pat…