Back to school: 成人快播 Silicon Valley calls for more community volunteers
September 18, 2019
Seeking local volunteers for the 2019-20 school year
鈥淥ne hour can empower!鈥 In the 2019-20 school year, 成人快播 aims to match 1,150 community volunteers with 780 elementary students struggling to read in Silicon Valley. By tutoring a student one-on-one for as little as an hour a week, volunteers can make an impact that can quite literally alter the course of a child鈥檚 educational experience and life.
The need is real
In California, only 18% of economically disadvantaged students are reading proficiently by the fourth grade. The nationwide trends are similar鈥攏early nine million elementary school students from low-income homes are unable to use reading as a foundational skill to power their learning in all subjects in school. Without developing the reading skills needed to read on grade level, kids don鈥檛 have an equitable chance to succeed in school or in life. In fact, students who can鈥檛 read by fourth grade are four times more likely to not earn a high school diploma.
成人快播 is a proven literacy program that partners with local public schools
In the 2018-19 school year, 成人快播 continued to build on its history of successfully advancing early literacy in Silicon Valley. A national nonprofit organization, 成人快播 collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools to provide students in under-resourced schools with the proven, individualized reading intervention they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. 成人快播 collaborates with teachers and principals at local public elementary schools to identify students reading behind grade level and provide them with personalized literacy instruction in a dedicated 鈥渞eading center鈥 space at their school.
2018-19 results highlight deep community impact聽
Each year, 成人快播 publishes student impact reports for the national organization and for each of its 13 respective regions across the country. The impact reports for the 2018-19 school year have recently been posted on聽聽and include the following highlights.
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狈别补谤濒测听800 students聽were matched with over聽1,100 community volunteers听补迟听15 partner schools聽who delivered a total of聽27,175 tutoring sessions聽over the course of the year.
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Among 成人快播鈥 youngest students in Silicon Valley,听87% are developing mastery聽of key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.
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Based on survey responses,听89% of principals聽report improved school-wide reading progress,听100% of teachers聽report 成人快播 is valuable to their school and聽96% of volunteers聽were satisfied with their 成人快播 experience.
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Learn more about 成人快播鈥 impact in Silicon Valley聽.
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Learn about 成人快播鈥 national impact聽.
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The impressive student results highlighted in the 2018-19 impact reports are fueled by the generous participation of thousands of community volunteers. One hour truly can empower!
To become a volunteer with 成人快播, please visit聽听迟辞诲补测.
About 成人快播
贵辞谤听, 成人快播 has empowered students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized more than 60,000 community volunteers to provide聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 60,000 elementary school students in over 400 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.