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Houston Real Men Read: What Was the Experience of Mentors during the Sixth Year of the Program, 2014? Evaluation Report. Volume 8, Issue 1

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Muñiz, Deborah L. – Houston Independent School District, 2014

Houston Real Men Read is chaired by Texas Senator Rodney Ellis and spearheaded by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board Trustee Paula M. Harris. Houston Real Men Read is a mentoring program in which men from the Houston community committed one hour, once a month, to read to second, fifth, and seventh-grade students. The program…

Descriptors: Mentors, Males, School Community Programs, Grade 2

Mobilizing Volunteer Tutors to Improve Student Literacy: Implementation, Impacts, and Costs of the Reading Partners Program

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Tepper Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Willard, Jacklyn Altuna – MDRC, 2015

This study reports on an evaluation of the "Reading Partners" program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in underresourced elementary schools. Established in 1999 in East Menlo Park, California, the mission of "Reading Partners" is to help children become lifelong readers by…

Descriptors: Reading Programs, Volunteers, Reading Difficulties, Tutoring