成人快播

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Christine Pannell

Sr. Communications Manager, 成人快播 Baltimore

(443) 466-6690 |聽christine.pannell@readingpartners.org

2020-21 results show that its innovative online program, 成人快播 Connects, positively impacted student literacy last year聽

(Baltimore, MD) September 14, 2021聽

With the COVID-19 Delta variant spreading and vaccine timelines for young children still undetermined, no one knows exactly what to expect from the 2021-22 school year. To effectively serve students with individualized literacy support regardless of public health circumstances, 成人快播 Baltimore will launch its 成人快播 Connects online tutoring program with school partners next month.

成人快播 is ready to support student learning no matter what this school year brings

First launched in 2020 in order to serve students while out of school buildings, the聽聽online tutoring program will allow volunteer tutors to work remotely with individual students in real time. It offers the same research-based curriculum materials, scripted lessons, and coaching that 成人快播 volunteers have come to expect from the traditional in-person tutoring model, as well as added flexibility and COVID-19 safety considerations.

Students need 成人快播 more than ever

Widespread school interruptions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated pre-existing opportunity gaps, with pandemic-related learning loss disproportionately impacting Black and Latinx students and students experiencing economic disadvantages. 成人快播 knows that reading is foundational鈥攖he ability to read transforms lives and empowers children and communities to thrive. When students can read on grade level by fourth grade, they become well-positioned to graduate from high school, access higher-education, and contribute to an increasingly information-based world. 成人快播 is committed to ensuring that all students receive equitable access to the literacy education they deserve and聽聽has proven that 成人快播 helps students significantly increase reading proficiency.

Results show that 成人快播鈥� innovative online program helped positively impact students

Each year, 成人快播 publishes reports highlighting student performance for each of its 12 respective regions across the country. During the 2020-21 school year in Baltimore:

• 203 students听补迟听16 partner schools聽were supported by聽355 community volunteers聽who delivered a total of聽5,425 tutoring sessions聽over the course of the year.

• 100% of tutoring sessions聽were delivered online via 成人快播 Connects.

• Facing historic educational disruptions,聽81% of K-2 成人快播 students and 72% of all 成人快播 students聽met or exceeded their primary literacy growth goal.

• Through a partnership with the Maryland Book Bank, 成人快播 distributed nearly聽500 story kits聽to students and families.

The 2020-21 school year聽聽adds to an impressive track record of student impact spanning the past decade. Since 成人快播 launched in Baltimore in 2011, over 4,150 students at 28 schools were supported by more than 4,300 community volunteers who collectively delivered over 165,000 one-on-one tutoring sessions.

鈥淒espite the many challenges that schools, families, and nonprofits like 成人快播 faced last year, students and volunteers came together to achieve incredible literacy results,鈥� said Jeffrey Zwillenberg, Sr. Executive Director of 成人快播 Baltimore. 鈥淢oving into our second decade in Baltimore, we will build on this impact, and evolve and expand our work in order to achieve greater educational equity for students. From our online tutoring program, to our family engagement programs, to our race equity, diversity, and inclusion work, now is the time to join us and help empower our city鈥檚 future leaders.鈥�

Community involvement will allow 成人快播 to maximize student support

Fueled by the generous participation of hundreds of community volunteers and donors, 成人快播 Baltimore will provide literacy tutoring and support to over 300 students in Baltimore during the 2021-22 school year.

To become a volunteer tutor with 成人快播, please visit聽. To financially support 成人快播鈥� mission centered on educational equity and opportunity for all students, please visit聽.

A 成人快播 student works remotely with a volunteer tutor using the 成人快播 Connects program innovation (photo credit: 成人快播)

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About 成人快播

For over, 成人快播 has helped empower 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 over 70,000 community volunteers to provide, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 70,000 elementary school students in over 450 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽and our聽online program innovation, or connect with us on,,, and. 成人快播 is a proud聽service partner and has been endorsed by the New York Times.