Making a Difference with the Working Poor

Providing job training that transforms today's at-risk students of the working poor into tomorrow's college graduates.
  • Empowers at-risk students of the working poor and gives them new confidence for their futures.
  • Teaches them responsibility and provides job experience. For many, this may be their first job.
  • Develop citizenship as tutors mentor other students.
  • Expands their own reading and writing abilities by tutoring, reading, and writing.

History of Our Programs

History of Our Programs

We began our program by training college students to tutor high school students.  In our program at South Mountain High School, college students tutored students who had failed the AIMS reading test three to five times. … Read More>>

Tutoring programs

Tutoring

After School Tutoring: In a program at Cesar Chavez High School, the percentage of English Language Learning students passing the AIMS reading test went from 27% to 42%, an increase of 56%. Yes, high school students can … Read More>>

Funding

Funding

Because state and federal programs have no provision for funding high school students tutoring other high school students, we rely on your donations. See “Donations” for information about how you can get your entire … Read More>>