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.

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science of reading

The established and growing research we have about how students learn to read, including systemic phonics education.

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individualized

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.

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high-dosage

The frequency of a learning experience. For example, Reading Partners students receive twice weekly tutoring for maximum growth.

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educational 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.

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Desiree Perez-Barahona

Desiree Perez-Barahona

Desiree joined Reading Partners in 2008 as a founding member of the Reading Partners Los Angeles team, and in 2009 moved to the Bay Area to join the Reading Partners management team. Desiree has held several positions throughout the Bay Area including executive director for the SF Bay Area region.  Desiree is now the vice president of regional operations. Desiree received her bachelor’s in child development from California State University Los Angeles. Her passion for both community engagement and working with children led her to exciting positions within newly established Los Angeles City departments: Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. She then pursued her multiple subject teaching credential and master’s in education, and taught sixth through eighth grade English, history, and reading intervention. Her years spent teaching teenagers in under-resourced communities to read led her to look outside of the traditional classroom setting for early reading intervention opportunities, leading her to join the Reading Partners team.