Two members of AmeriCorps Minnesota Reading Corps are working at both Lindbergh and Lincoln Elementary Schools in Little Falls to help children with their reading. The students targeted for this program are those who would normally fall through the cracks. They don't qualify for Title I help, yet fall short of the base line for proficient reading for their grade level.
In The News
Little Falls K-3 students get help from Minnesota Reading Corps
Morrison County Record
11/05/2009
Education Briefs
The Daily Journal
11/04/2009
The Daily Journal highlights MRC 2009-2010 program success and touches on the local impact.
Minnesota Reading Corps members placed in SSP, WSP
Southwest Review News
11/02/2009
Minnesota Reading Corps exceeded its recruitment goal for the 2009-2010 school year, and has enlisted and placed a record 555 AmeriCorps members in 161 pre-school sites and elementary schools across the state...
Minnesota Reading Corps Exceeds Recruitment Goal
www.statealum.com
11/01/2009
Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) exceeded its recruitment goal for the 2009-2010 school year, and has enlisted and placed a record 555 AmeriCorps members in 161 pre-school sites and elementary schools across the state...
Reading Corps sets record in tutor placement
Sherburne County Citizen
10/25/2009
Reading Corps boosts literacy
Fairmont Sentinel
10/23/2009
A new program is helping Armitage, a Head Start preschool teacher's aide, find new ways to connect literacy skills with activities and games that children will enjoy.
Paul Durand: Keeping an eye on reading
Winona Daily News
10/18/2009
Superintendent of Winona Public Schools, Paul Durand, talks about the reading strategies in District 861.
Participate in the Read for the Record Campaign
The Murray County News
10/07/2009
On October 8th, 2009, Minnesota Reading Corps members in the local area will be participating in the nationwide Read for the Record Campaign. Reading Corps members will be reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. More than one million children and adults throughout the world are expected to participate...
Reading Corps at Jefferson Elementary on Thursday
New Ulm Journal
10/07/2009
District 88 stresses student achievement
New Ulm Journal
09/04/2009
Note: This is part of several articles about developments at area schools on the eve of the new school year.
Helping children turn page at St. Paul school
StarTribune.com
08/14/2009
About 180 national service volunteers will form the bulwark of an effort in St. Paul schools to raise the level of reading proficiency, largely on the strength of federal stimulus funds.
Minnesota Reading Corps coming to Jefferson School
New Ulm Journal
07/16/2009
Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) is expanding into Jefferson Elementary School next year, to assist with K-3 literacy tutoring.
MN Reading Corps to bolster ABCs
SouthwestReviewNews.com
07/08/2009
The Minnesota Reading Corps, a program to help students catch up in reading skills before the end of third grade, is expanding to two South St. Paul schools next fall.
Keeping up with Dick and Jane
Hibbing Daily Tribune
06/30/2009
In a hot, quiet school on a mid-week morning last week, 14 voices read aloud in unison.
Reading Corps Looks to Catch Kids Up
KMSP-TV
05/10/2009
Here's a sobering statistic: one in five Minnesota third graders is falling behind in reading ...
Students get help to improve reading skills
Staples World
04/30/2009
Pam Collins spends her afternoons at Staples Elementary School helping young students improve their reading skills to their proper grade level ...
Sibley hopes for Reading Corps tutor
Albert Lea Tribune
04/24/2009
Sibley Elementary School has been awarded a position as part of a state reading-education program. Now, it is seeking someone to fill the role ...
Roosevelt Elementary receives reading grant
Faribault Daily News
04/20/2009
Care about literacy? Roosevelt Elementary might have a position for you ...
Alumni make a difference in Minnesota Reading Corps
University of Morris Alumni News
03/31/2009
Literacy is one of a child’s most valuable lifelong skills. Unfortunately, a rapidly growing number of Minnesota children cannot read at their grade level ...
Winter aids students' support in Minnesota Reading Corps
The Augustana Mirror
03/30/2009
Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) is a program that is working to provide extra support for students with reading struggles ...
