成人快播

The program recently received $30,000 from聽Washington Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund that supports D.C.-area nonprofit organizations with programs focused on increasing educational opportunities for disadvantaged children.

Each of Washington鈥檚 11 成人快播 centers has a site coordinator recruited through AmeriCorps. At Brightwood, that鈥檚 Cameron Lineberger. A typical day for him involves circulating through the school to check in with classroom teachers, overseeing new volunteers as they work with students, and tutoring two or three beginning readers himself.

The best part of his job, he said, is watching students gain confidence 鈥� not just in their reading skills, but also in their social interactions.

鈥淲hen you have 45 minutes to sit with an adult who isn鈥檛 related to you, isn鈥檛 being paid .鈥�.鈥�. I think kids take off naturally when they have this one-on-one relationship with an adult,鈥� Lineberger said.

Eighty-seven percent of the Washington students enrolled in 成人快播 last year narrowed their achievement gap, regional executive director Lisa Lazarus said. Seventy-eight percent of students who began the year with low self-confidence also increased their confidence by the end of the year, according to surveys of their classroom teachers.

Program manager Jen Watson, who oversees six 成人快播 sites in the District, said she knows students are making progress when she hears they鈥檝e been voluntarily reading aloud outside 成人快播鈥� walls, whether in class or to their families.

鈥淚 had a student who would tell me he was reading to his turtle,鈥� Watson said.

Students typically land in 成人快播 after being referred by their classroom teachers. The volunteers range from high school students who need community service hours to working professionals who can squeeze a 45-minute tutoring session into their lunch hours.

Mel Radowitz, a lawyer for the AARP, said after his first tutoring session at Brightwood that by the end of the lesson, his student was already sounding out words with less hesitation.

鈥淪he was challenged but not overly challenged,鈥� he said, beaming. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a delight to see.鈥�

The 成人快播 curriculum makes tutoring easy even for people who have no prior teaching experience, said Newman, who has been volunteering at Brightwood since its site opened in 2010. For each lesson, tutors get a laminated card listing the materials they鈥檒l need and the tasks students must complete.

鈥淵ou really just need to be a person who loves to read and enjoys working with children, and the rest is provided to you,鈥� Newman said.

Since Leslie started working with Newman, the 6-year-old said she has read 鈥淒r. Seuss books, a lot of them, and some other books about magic, and circus books too.鈥�

But 鈥淕reen Eggs and Ham鈥� is her favorite title. Asked how many times she had read it, she held up three fingers.

It鈥檚 one of Newman鈥檚 favorites, too. The tutor remembers flipping through it over and over decades ago when she was learning to read.

鈥淪ome things are timeless, and聽Dr. Seuss聽is one of them,鈥� Newman said.

–Rebecca Cohen, The Washington Post聽/