March 12, 2025
iHeartRadio Interview with Reading Partners North Texas

research-backed
From regular student assessment to contracting for independent studies, Reading Partners systematically collects, analyzes, and uses data to generate knowledge, improve programs, and report on impacts.
Learn more about research-backed termscience of reading
The established and growing research we have about how students learn to read, including systemic phonics education.
Learn more about science of reading termindividualized
A facet of high-dosage tutoring in which a tutor offers one-on-one attention to their student, resulting in targeted support, and personalized literacy learning.
Learn more about individualized termhigh-dosage
The frequency of a learning experience. For example, Reading Partners students receive twice weekly tutoring for maximum growth.
Learn more about high-dosage termeducational equity
Ensuring every student, no matter their race, gender, socioeconomic level, or location has access to the resources and support they need to succeed in school and in life.
Learn more about educational equity termReading Partners has been a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) educational landscape since 2012, when we launched our program at two elementary schools in Dallas ISD, serving 80 students. Since then, weâve placed thousands of community volunteers in systemically-disadvantaged school communities to help kids master basic reading skills.
students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring (2023-24)
reading centers (2023-24)
community tutors (2023-24)
âWhile tutoring a first grade student who is thriving within this program, she said something that caused me to inquire what was her favorite part of school. She paused, gave it some thought and replied, âWell, coming here is pretty precious.â It made me realize that just the one-to-one attention a Reading Partners tutoring session provides is, in and of itself, a gift to students. Her comment was certainly a gift to me.â
of all Reading Partners students meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goal (2023-24)
Our direct tutoring models includes high-impact, one-on-one tutoring for students in both in-person and online formats.Â
Our volunteer-driven model engages community volunteers to support students in developing mastery of key reading skills. Volunteers are trained to implement our evidence-based curriculum rooted in the Science of Reading.
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