President Clinton later today joins (36)
Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush at "the president’s summit for
America’s future" (37) at recruiting one million volunteer
tutors to provide after-school, weekend and summer reading help for up to three
million children. Mr. Cliton will ask Congress this coming week for nearly
three (38) dollars to fund a five-year program called "America
Reads". The program would fund the (39)
efforts of 20 thousand reading (40) and it would
also give (41) to help parents help children read by the
third grade, or about age eight. During his Saturday radio (42)
, the president explained why the (43) is
important. "We need ’America Reads’ and we need it now. studies show what if the
fourth-graders fail to read well, (44) 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. (45) . The
president says many of the Philadelphia summit’s corporate sponsors will recruit
tutors. (46) .
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