Mission

Reading Excellence and Discovery (READ) Foundation, established in 1999, serves at-risk kindergarteners and first graders by recruiting and training teens to provide structured one-to-one tutoring in reading. READ's founders sought a research-based educational approach, which would yield measurable results for students and address reading difficulties before they became barriers to learning. At the same time, they sought growth opportunities for economically disadvantaged New York City teens. READ employs one-on-one research-based reading instruction to prepare at-risk children to become proficient readers. READ recruits, trains and employs teens to teach reading skills to their younger peers who are struggling with learning to read.