reading

According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, reading scores for American students have hit a new low. 

Summer reading is an excellent way to keep students engaged with books and literacy skills.

All across the Midlands, volunteer reading tutors meet students at public libraries, parks and other locations to help them improve their reading. The students are not in school, however. They are adults who, through a variety of circumstances, never learned to read well. The volunteer tutors are matched with learners by Turning Pages, a nonprofit organization formerly known as the Greater Columbia Literacy Council, that helps adults who have low levels of reading skills.