A Campaign for Equity: In Our Back Yard

"We're trying to interrupt the failure cycle," said TC's Dawn Arno, who directs the program, which was funded by Trustee Arthur Zankel. "When someone reads to you one-on-one, the feedback mechanism is there, immediately. You don't have to wait until you test the students in fourth grade to get that information."

Meanwhile, the teachers are delighted. "How could it not be wonderful?" says Sarah Wunsdh, a teacher at P.S. 154. "I need all the help I can get!" And Zenola Cadlett, a parent coordinator at P.S. 123 who assists the Reading Buddies program there, says the top request from the school's teachers is simply, "Give us more!"

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