We want to share an important update: Recent changes to AmeriCorps funding have deeply impacted our teams in California (Los Angeles and Bay Area)—affecting 57 incredible members who’ve given so much to support students this year. While we’re still learning what this all means, two things remain clear: 💛 We’re committed to showing up for our AmeriCorps members. 📚 And we’re focused on helping students finish the year strong. In the 2023-24 school year alone, our AmeriCorps members facilitated nearly 200,000 tutoring sessions. Their impact is real—and so is our gratitude. Many of you have asked how to help. Here’s how: 📣 Reach out to your elected officials (https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gNADYy8y) 📣 Share this post to spread the word #StandWithAmeriCorps #ReadingPartners
Reading Partners
Education Administration Programs
Oakland, California 22,093 followers
Literacy unlocks opportunity.
About us
Reading Partners empowers community volunteers to provide one-on-one reading instruction to elementary school students reading below grade level to help them succeed in reading and in life. We are a national education nonprofit working with Title I elementary schools to support students who are reading six months to two-and-a-half years below grade level. Reading Partners recruits and trains more than 15,000 community volunteers, annually, to deliver a highly effective, research-validated curriculum. GOING TO SCALE • Reading Partners received a highly competitive growth investment from the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the Social Innovation Fund. Reading Partners is also managing a second Social Innovation Fund sub-grant supported by Mile High United Way in Colorado. • This investment helped Reading Partners grow from a few schools in California to over 160 schools across eight states and the District of Columbia. Throughout this growth, our student outcomes have remained consistently strong. NATIONAL SERVICE Reading Partners is a proud partner with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Our reading centers and outreach efforts are powered by 220 dedicated AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers, now outnumbering our full time staff. OUR IMPACT Reading Partners is dedicated to ensuring that each student gains the critical reading skills they need to prepare them for academic, social, and civic success. That’s why monitoring and evaluation are core to the Reading Partners model. To learn more about our impact and third party evaluation, visit: http://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.preadingpartners.org/our-impact/program-impact/
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http://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.pwww.readingpartners.org
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- Industry
- Education Administration Programs
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2001
- Specialties
- Tutoring, Literacy, Reading, Education, Volunteering, Community Service, Education Reform, and Virtual Tutoring
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638 3rd St
Oakland, California 94607, US
Employees at Reading Partners
Updates
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A little bit of this. A little bit of that. And a whole lot of love is put into setting up our reading centers. A huge thank you to our incredible AmeriCorps members for putting the space together. Summer is flying by, and we can’t believe students will be joining us in the reading center so soon! #ReadingPartners #readingcenters #books #backtoschool #btsseason
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Join us in hitting a home run for literacy! ⚾️💙🧡 $5 from every $12.67 ticket sold through this link (now–Aug 26) goes to Reading Partners South Carolina to support our literacy work! 🎟️ https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gftQrAJv 📍 Columbia, SC — come watch the Columbia Fireflies with us on 8/26 Not local? You can still buy a ticket to support! Please help us spread the word because you, or someone you know, knows someone in Columbia, SC. 😊
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High-dosage tutoring has proven itself to be a game-changer for our students, time and time again. Read more in this article about why we should invest in tutoring programs, especially those during the school day, for our students to narrow academic gaps: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/e4XfA7Ae
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Say hi to Masen! 👋 Masen is a young student from the South Bronx, NY. Masen joined Reading Partners in third grade, participating in our curriculum to improve his reading skills. Two years later, Masen, who is now a fifth grader, speaks confidently. In his own words, Reading Partners helped him become a star! 🌟 Listen to Masen’s Reading Partners journey. Masen’s experience illustrates how targeted support can empower students and change lives. Understand how you too can join our work in supporting students like Masen! 📚 #ReadingPartners #reading #students
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📣 We're so pleased to welcome Patti L. Stephen, MAPP, to our Reading Partners national board. A tireless advocate for equity and well-being, Patti has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Patti currently serves as the President of Buffalo Prep and CEO/Co-Founder of C3 Community, and she sits on several other boards and committees, including the National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA), D’Youville University, and Education Collaborative of WNY (EdCo). Welcome to Reading Partners, Patti! 🥳💙🧡 Learn more about Patti: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gnriJsu2
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📣 Calling our Newark community—we are now recruiting members to join the Reading Partners Newark Advisory Board! We provide strategic guidance and support by leveraging local expertise and community insight. And we want YOU to consider joining us! 🫵 💙 If you're interested in learning more and/or applying, visit this link: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/ecumCE7s 🧡 If you have any questions, please contact Naima Ricks, Ph.D at naima.ricks@readingpartners.org.
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We are heartbroken to learn about the senseless mass shooting Monday evening at 345 Park Avenue in New York City— home to our partners at Blackstone and the NFL, as well as many other companies. On behalf of our entire Reading Partners community, our hearts and deepest sympathies are with our friends at Blackstone and the NFL, and everyone affected by this heinous tragedy.
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We love AmeriCorps. That’s all. 💙🧡 We invite you to join us in celebrating all those who serve, and in calling on Congress to take a #Stand4Service and to protect and invest in AmeriCorps: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/gP46TZKW. #AmeriCorpsIsAmerica
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When life gives you lemons… you build a lemonade stand and help others read! 🍋📚 Last week, we received the sweetest handwritten letter from 7-year-old Max in South Bend, Indiana. Along with it came a $5 donation from his lemonade stand—all because he loves reading and wants other kids to have the chance to love it too. Heroes come in all sizes, and every gift makes a difference. Thank you for your donation to Reading Partners! And thank you for your generosity and heart, Max! That lemonade looks pretty delicious, too! 💛✨ Max’s letter: To whom it may concern, my name is Max and I am a 7 year old in South Bend Indiana who loves to read. I hosted a lemonade stand to raise money so I could buy more books to read this summer and raised quite a bit! I’d like to donate some of my earning to help other kids read. Please see $5 enclosed. Sincerly, Maxwell Gabriel
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