The IRA Policy Statement on the International Reading Association website. So why don t we get off of our duffs and make it a priority. Study after study shows positive gains through such programs. By June 1999, that number had risen to 62 percent through the efforts of teachers and tutors from the University of Minnesota America Reads program. Attend a three-hour training session and tutor twice a week for one or two hours.
Hours are flexible.
The more successful we are in attracting volunteers, the more help we need to train them. You can help. The initiative needs financial support to help cover the cost of transporting tutor volunteers to tutoring sites throughout the Twin Cities, to pay for reproducing training materials, and to donate books and offer book-buying grants to local schools and community organizations.