Section C Conversations
President Clinton later today joins (26)
presidents Ford, Carter and Bush at "the president’s summit for America’s
future" (27) at recruiting on million volunteer tutors to
provide after-school, weekend and summer reading help for up to three million
children. Mr. Clinton will ask Congress this coming week for nearly three
(28) dollars to fund a five-year program called America
Reads. The program would fund the (29)
efforts of 20 thousand reading (30) and it would also give
(31) to help parents help children read by the third grade,
or about age eight. During his Saturday radio (32) the
president explained why the program is important. "We need America Reads and we
need it now. Studies show that if the fourth-graders fail to read well,
(33) . But, 40 per cent of them still can’t read at a basic
level." Volunteer tutors, who provide community service in
exchange for college funding are being used in literacy and tutoring programs.
(34) The president says many of the Philadelphia summit’s
corporate sponsors will recruit tutors. (35) .
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Dozens of colleges and universities are prepared to sent tho......