America Reads

Tutors in the University of Michigan America Reads Tutoring Corps are supported in a number of ways:

Why Should I Join the America Reads Tutoring Corps?

Learning to Read is Important

• 75% of children who read poorly at the end of third grade never become successful readers (Shaywitz, Yale University Longitudinal Study).
• Children who do not learn to read comprise over 50% of the special education population, and 35% of these learning disabled children drop out of school. (The National Center to Improve the tools of Educators, 1996).
• Students who do not learn to read are blocked from every other subject in their schooling (The National Center to Improve the Tools of Educations, 1996).
• Between 60% and 70% of parents and teachers agree that reading is the most important subject for students to learn (American Federation of Teachers, 1994).
• Only 6% of adults with poor literacy skills hold jobs as managers, professionals, or technicians (National Center for Education Statistics, 1993).

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