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Retired volunteers highlight Experience Corps tutoring to help Phoenix fourth‑grade readers
Summary
Speakers at the meeting described the Experience Corps tutoring program as a volunteer opportunity for older adults that pairs volunteers with students for weekly, half‑hour reading sessions intended to build skills and confidence; speakers cited that only 30% of Phoenix students read at grade level by fourth grade.
Commenter 2, a retired resident, urged older adults to join the Experience Corps tutoring program as a volunteer opportunity to help Phoenix students improve reading skills. “The Experience Corps tutoring program is a great volunteer opportunity for older adults,” Commenter 2 said. “As a senior and as a retired person, this is a way to give back, not only to Phoenix, but also to the students.”
The speaker cited a local reading benchmark,…
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