猫咪AV

For Immediate Release

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Michael Todd
National Managing Director of Marketing & Communications, 猫咪AV
(415) 225-9139 | michael.todd@readingpartners.org

READING PARTNERS IS RAMPING UP INNOVATION IN 2023-24 TO EXPAND LITERACY ACCESS AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY

National nonprofit delivered nearly 170,000 one-on-one tutoring sessions and over 140,000 books to thousands of students last year

OAKLAND, California – September 12, 2023 听鈥� While 猫咪AV鈥� online tutoring platform, 猫咪AV Connects, was largely developed to help support students during the pandemic, the national nonprofit organization has teamed with Amazon Web Services and Quantiphi, Inc. to make its online tutoring even more interactive and to broaden the reach of the program through national and community partnerships.聽

鈥淎t 猫咪AV, we believe reading is a civil right and that all students are capable of incredible achievements when they have access to the educational resources and opportunities they deserve,鈥� CEO Adeola Whitney said. 鈥淲e know that the ability to read transforms lives and empowers children and families to thrive which is why we are so invested in mobilizing communities to support early literacy through our in-person and online tutoring programs as well as through innovations and partnerships we are developing to expand our reach and impact in the months and years to come.鈥�

Another new initiative 猫咪AV has been focused on is writing and publishing original books to be used in its own curriculum. COVER to COVER is a new book series that enables 猫咪AV to develop content that is aligned with the science of reading as well as the scope and sequence of the organization鈥檚 online and in-person curricula. The stories include representative characters and themes so all students can see themselves reflected in the books they read while also having the opportunity to learn about the world around them through other people’s backgrounds, cultures, and life experiences.

2022-23 results highlight the literacy progress of 猫咪AV鈥� students

In the 2022-23 school year, 猫咪AV continued to provide critical literacy support to students, schools, and communities across the country. In fact, the nonprofit provided one-on-one literacy tutoring to 13% more students in the 2022-23 school year than the prior year. Each year, 猫咪AV publishes reports highlighting student performance for the national organization and for each of its 12 respective regions across the country. The national impact report for the 2022-23 school year has recently been posted on and includes the following highlights:聽

• 6,068 students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring
• 169,604 total tutoring sessions were delivered to those same students
• 27% of sessions were delivered online via 猫咪AV Connects
• 7,405 community tutors supported students
• 143,488 books were distributed to students through the 鈥淭ake Reading With You鈥� program
• 82% of all 猫咪AV students finished the year meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goals
• 85% of K-2 猫咪AV students were developing mastery of key foundational reading skills needed to read and grade level
• Learn about 猫咪AV鈥� national impact here.

Volunteer support will help drive student impact

Heading into the new school year, Reading Partners anticipates needing thousands of community volunteers to support students’ literacy development. Please follow this link if you鈥檙e interested in investing one hour a week to help empower a student through reading.

猫咪AV also gets help from AmeriCorps members to train and provide ongoing support to literacy volunteers. Please follow this link if you鈥檙e interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member at 猫咪AV.

A student uses 猫咪AV Connects to work one-on-one with a volunteer tutor on a lesson (Photo Credit: 猫咪AV)

An AmeriCorps member and a student in a reading center engaging in 猫咪AV鈥� traditional tutoring program (Photo Credit: 猫咪AV)

A 猫咪AV AmeriCorps member (Photo Credit: 猫咪AV)

A volunteer tutor and a student in a reading center engaging in 猫咪AV鈥� traditional tutoring program (Photo Credit: 猫咪AV)

Images of 猫咪AV鈥� new COVER to COVER book series

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About 猫咪AV

For nearly 25 years, 猫咪AV has helped empower students to succeed in school and beyond by engaging community volunteers to provide , one-on-one literacy tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 80,000 community volunteers to provide more than 2.7 million individualized literacy tutoring sessions to more than 75,000 elementary school students in over 500 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit to learn more about our program impact and our 猫咪AV Connects online program innovation, or connect with us on,,, and. 猫咪AV is a proud service partner and has been endorsed by The New York Times and featured on The TODAY Show and GMA.