Los Angeles
5410 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90036 ᐧ (213) 399-8599
Expanding literacy access in Los Angeles
Reading Partners first expanded our program from our Oakland headquarters in 2008, bringing our effective, affordable, and community-driven solution to the literacy crisis to the Greater Los Angeles area. Powered by community volunteers, our one-on-one tutoring provides equitable access to individualized literacy support that encourages students to develop a lifelong love of learning.
787
students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring (2023-24)
16
reading centers (2023-24)
320
community tutors (2023-24)
“Reading Partners has helped me a lot… I’ve been obsessed with Reading Partners because it’s so fun! You get to pick out a book and then you get can play [reading] games.”
86%
of all Reading Partners students meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goal (2023-24)
Partner schools
Mid-City
- Carthay Center Elementary School (in-person)
- Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary (in-person)
- Shenandoah Street Elementary School (in-person)
Downtown
- Bushnell Way Elementary School (in-person)
- Para Los Niños Elementary (online)
- Twentieth Street Elementary (in-person and online)
- 49th Street Elementary School (in-person and online)
Variety Boys and Girls Club (online)
Pasadena
- Hamilton Elementary School (in-person)
- Jackson Elementary School (in-person)
- Longfellow Elementary (in-person)
- Madison Elementary School (in-person and online)
- McKinley School (in-person and online)
- Washington Elementary (in-person and online)
- Webster Elementary School (online)
Direct tutoring
Our direct tutoring models includes high-impact, one-on-one tutoring for students in both in-person and online formats.
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.
News & events
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