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The city of Phoenix said the literacy rate for third-graders in the city is just 35%. Ninety percent of the students who receive one-to-one coaching have shown gains in critical literacy skills.
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Experience Corps is run by the Washington, D.C.- based AARP Foundation. After AARP announced that it could no longer fund the program, a group of Baltimore-area tutors launched a campaign to keep it going.
AARP ending tutoring program The AARP Foundation will be closing four Experience Corps branches, including the one in Philadelphia. The volunteer program trains people 50 and older to help students become better readers by the end of third grade by building their fluency, accuracy and comprehension skills.