[From Philanthropy News Digest] The Walmart Foundation has announced three grants totaling $3.9 million for programs that help students who are reading below grade level.
An estimated 50 percent of eighth-grade students in urban, high-poverty schools read at a fifth-grade reading level or lower. To help raise those levels, the foundation awarded $1.5 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to create dedicated reading spaces and encourage reading at one hundred clubs; $1.2 million to City Year to establish a literacy training academy where AmeriCorps volunteers can tutor public school students; and $1.2 million to Boston-based public television station WGBH to broaden its free online curriculum for teachers across the country.
Last year, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation awarded $53 million for education initiatives, including the Walmart Teacher Rewards program, which provided $4 million to help teachers purchase vital classroom supplies. "Walmart and the Walmart Foundation recognize that students of today are the leaders of tomorrow," said the company's executive vice president, Raul Vasquez. "Providing extra support will help students excel not only in school but in life."
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the RCWE’s mission is to connect people with jobs through collaborative workforce development efforts and strong partnerships with economic development, business, education, and government sectors in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
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