猫咪AV

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Christine Pannell

Sr. Communications Manager, 猫咪AV Baltimore

(443) 466-6690 |聽christine.pannell@readingpartners.org

2020-21 results show that its innovative online program, 猫咪AV Connects, positively impacted student literacy last year聽

(Baltimore, MD) September 14, 2021聽

With the COVID-19 Delta variant spreading and vaccine timelines for young children still undetermined, no one knows exactly what to expect from the 2021-22 school year. To effectively serve students with individualized literacy support regardless of public health circumstances, 猫咪AV Baltimore will launch its 猫咪AV Connects online tutoring program with school partners next month.

猫咪AV is ready to support student learning no matter what this school year brings

First launched in 2020 in order to serve students while out of school buildings, the聽聽online tutoring program will allow volunteer tutors to work remotely with individual students in real time. It offers the same research-based curriculum materials, scripted lessons, and coaching that 猫咪AV volunteers have come to expect from the traditional in-person tutoring model, as well as added flexibility and COVID-19 safety considerations.

Students need 猫咪AV more than ever

Widespread school interruptions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated pre-existing opportunity gaps, with pandemic-related learning loss disproportionately impacting Black and Latinx students and students experiencing economic disadvantages. 猫咪AV knows that reading is foundational鈥攖he ability to read transforms lives and empowers children and communities to thrive. When students can read on grade level by fourth grade, they become well-positioned to graduate from high school, access higher-education, and contribute to an increasingly information-based world. 猫咪AV is committed to ensuring that all students receive equitable access to the literacy education they deserve and聽聽has proven that 猫咪AV helps students significantly increase reading proficiency.

Results show that 猫咪AV鈥� innovative online program helped positively impact students

Each year, 猫咪AV publishes reports highlighting student performance for each of its 12 respective regions across the country. During the 2020-21 school year in Baltimore:

• 203 students听补迟听16 partner schools聽were supported by聽355 community volunteers聽who delivered a total of聽5,425 tutoring sessions聽over the course of the year.

• 100% of tutoring sessions聽were delivered online via 猫咪AV Connects.

• Facing historic educational disruptions,聽81% of K-2 猫咪AV students and 72% of all 猫咪AV students聽met or exceeded their primary literacy growth goal.

• Through a partnership with the Maryland Book Bank, 猫咪AV distributed nearly聽500 story kits聽to students and families.

The 2020-21 school year聽聽adds to an impressive track record of student impact spanning the past decade. Since 猫咪AV launched in Baltimore in 2011, over 4,150 students at 28 schools were supported by more than 4,300 community volunteers who collectively delivered over 165,000 one-on-one tutoring sessions.

鈥淒espite the many challenges that schools, families, and nonprofits like 猫咪AV faced last year, students and volunteers came together to achieve incredible literacy results,鈥� said Jeffrey Zwillenberg, Sr. Executive Director of 猫咪AV Baltimore. 鈥淢oving into our second decade in Baltimore, we will build on this impact, and evolve and expand our work in order to achieve greater educational equity for students. From our online tutoring program, to our family engagement programs, to our race equity, diversity, and inclusion work, now is the time to join us and help empower our city鈥檚 future leaders.鈥�

Community involvement will allow 猫咪AV to maximize student support

Fueled by the generous participation of hundreds of community volunteers and donors, 猫咪AV Baltimore will provide literacy tutoring and support to over 300 students in Baltimore during the 2021-22 school year.

To become a volunteer tutor with 猫咪AV, please visit聽. To financially support 猫咪AV鈥� mission centered on educational equity and opportunity for all students, please visit聽.

A 猫咪AV student works remotely with a volunteer tutor using the 猫咪AV Connects program innovation (photo credit: 猫咪AV)

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About 猫咪AV

For over, 猫咪AV has helped empower students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 70,000 community volunteers to provide, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 70,000 elementary school students in over 450 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽and our聽online program innovation, or connect with us on,,, and. 猫咪AV is a proud聽service partner and has been endorsed by the New York Times.