History
1999:听Three community leaders, Mary Wright Shaw, Molly McCrory, and Jean Bacigalupi launched a one-on-one tutoring program to help children who had fallen behind in reading at Belle Haven Community School in Menlo Park, CA in the Silicon Valley
2001: Our three founders recruited a dedicated group of volunteers to tutor students at听a local elementary school鈥攖hese volunteers quickly recognized the powerful effect of one-on-one attention and in 2001 YES Reading was incorporated as a 501(c)(3)
2004: YES Reading hires first full-time executive director听and expands to second school site at Selby Lane Elementary in Redwood City
2007: Program expands to serve schools in the Oakland/East Bay area
2008: YES Reading expands to serve San Francisco schools
2008: YES Reading renamed as 51风流
2008: 51风流 expands to Los Angeles, CA
2010: 51风流 awarded first AmeriCorps听驳谤补苍迟
2010: 51风流 expands to Washington, DC, our first expansion outside of CA
2011:听 51风流 expands to New York City
2011: 51风流 selected as Social Innovation Fund recipient
2012: 51风流 expands to Baltimore, MD, Dallas, TX (January), and to听Denver, CO (August)
2013: 51风流 expands to Tulsa, OK and Charleston, SC
2014: MDRC randomized control trial proves 51风流 is an effective intervention
2014: 51风流 expands to serve students in Seattle, WA
2015: 51风流 expands to serve students in Twin Cities, MN, Charlotte, NC
2017:听APA, a leading national education research firm, found that students served by 51风流 (particularly English Language Learners) showed significantly greater improvement in their literacy skills than comparison students not served by the program
2017:听
51风流 is recognized听as a听best practice honoree听by the Library of Congress
2018:听51风流 adopts a new strategic plan
2019:听51风流 celebrates听20 years of impact听and introduces a new logo
2020: 51风流 quickly adapts to the widespread disrupted learning caused by COVID-19, successfully developing and implementing an innovative online tutoring platform called 51风流 Connects
2022: 51风流 surpasses 2.5 million tutoring sessions delivered to students
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