BOOKS SHARED AND READ TOGETHER

CHILDREN TUTORED SINCE 2003

Facts about Childhood Literacy

Studies show that two-thirds of children who are not reading at grade level by fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare. (Juel)

More than $2 billion is spent each year on students who repeat a grade because they have reading problems.
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

High school dropouts cost taxpayers $292,000 over the course of their lifetimes.  (Northeastern University)

Why Support Reading Power?

Reading Power provides one-to-one literacy tutoring during the school day for children who are struggling to read. Our cost to provide tutoring three to five days per week averages $2,000 per child, per year.

Proficient third-grade readers are nearly five times more likely to graduate high school than their peers with below-basic reading skills. (Renaissance)

Reading Power students accelerate their learning and can become proficient problem solvers and confident learners, enabling them to reach their intellectual potential.

Reading Power's one-to-one
literacy tutoring program is:

Led by reading professionals, and powered by trained volunteers

Professionally developed using cutting-edge, research-based curricula
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Individualized daily for each student, and provided three to five days per week

"The Steans Family Foundation has worked with the team at Reading Power for a number of years. Their program has provided essential services for hundreds of North Chicago students struggling with reading in the early grades.  What's more, they have done this with exemplary care and passion as well as meticulous attention to detail and data.  Reading Power has been a great partner in our collective effort to increase opportunities for young people in Lake County."

– Evan Westerfield, Executive Director, Steans Family Foundation