President Clinton later today joins (S1)________ President Ford. Carter and Bush at "the president’s summit or America s future (S2) ________ at recruiting one 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 (S3) ________ dollars to fund a five-year program called "America Reads".
The program would fund the (S4,) ________ efforts of 20 thousand reading (S5) ________ and it would also give (S6) ________ to help parents help children read by the third grade, or about age eight. During his Saturday radio (S7) ________, 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, (S8)____________________. But, 40 percent 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. (S9)__________________________________________________.
The president says many of the Philadelphia summits’ corporate sponsors will recruit tutors. (S10) _________________________. S1