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Education > Boomers: A Key to Success for Struggling Students (#2879)
SummaryExperience Corps has achieved something remarkable: a proven model linking older adults with students in high-risk schools across the United States – and we have evidence that the program works.
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The achievement gap continues to undermine the great potential of our nation’s students. Researchers report that Black and Latino students are two to three years behind white students of the same age. Low-income students enter pre-K behind their classmates in basic skills. Experience Corps leverages the capacity of the 78 million boomers to help young students learn to read in classrooms across America.
2,000 tutors receive literacy and mentoring training to serve 20,000 low-income elementary school students who struggle with reading. The service model features measurable outcomes, rigorous training, team approach, and school-community connections.
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Students make over 60% more progress in reading comprehension than similar students not served by the program. Experience Corps is beneficial for the older adults’ mental and physical health. EC works for all students. Teachers welcome EC members.
Experience Corps tutors increase student reading skills, great news for parents, children, educators who want to respond to Obama's call to service and want to know that their making a difference.
- Jean Grossman, Public / Private Ventures
Eric Boven
Director of Finance
2120 L Street, Suite 600 NW
Washington, DC 20037
United States
2024786165
Email:
Experience Corps
2120 L Street NW Suite 600
Washington,
DC
20037
United States
(202 )478-6190
http://www.experiencecorps.org
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This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 29, 2009
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