Reading Partners

Donations generously matched by the Devereaux Family Foundation 

Literacy Can’t Wait

Every school year matters. For a child struggling to read, the right support today can help change what comes next.

Reading Partners North Texas provides individualized literacy tutoring to students who are reading below grade level, helping young readers build the skills and confidence they need to succeed in school and beyond.

Meet Angel

When Angel began first grade, he did not yet recognize his ABCs or know their corresponding sounds. He started working with a Reading Partners tutor twice a week. Week after week, Angel showed up ready to learn—and little by little, things began to change.

By winter break, Angel could recognize and produce the sounds for 82% of his letters.

And he kept going.

By the end of the school year, Angel’s assessment showed him reading above first-grade expectations. But the numbers tell only part of his story.

His tutor watched Angel go from saying, “I don’t know,” to confidently trying, answering questions, and smiling when he realized he knew the answer. 

For Angel, learning to read became more than learning letters and sounds. It became learning, I can do this.

For young readers like Angel, literacy can’t wait.

Hear from our students

What is Reading Partners like? Hear it directly from the young readers we serve.

Your Gift Helps Young Readers Succeed

Since 2012, Reading Partners North Texas has helped more than 10,000 local students strengthen their reading skills.

Today, trained community tutors work alongside our students using an evidence-based curriculum tailored to each reader’s needs. Every tutoring session gives a student the chance to practice new skills, experience success, and grow in confidence.

Your gift helps provide:

• Individualized literacy tutoring for students reading below grade level
• Evidence-based curriculum tailored to each student’s needs
• Caring, trained tutors who encourage students every step of the way
• Books to keep students reading beyond tutoring sessions

Make Twice the Impact

This North Texas Giving Day, your gift can go twice as far. Thanks to the Devereaux Family Foundation, donations to Reading Partners North Texas will be matched.

Give today and help a young reader build the skills and confidence they need—because literacy can’t wait.

Hear from our volunteers

“I had a kindergarten boy who was performing well except that if he came to a word he did not recognize when read, he would say, ‘I don't know.’ I told him it was all right to not know a word, but that he should try to pronounce the word using the skills he had learned. The next word he came to, he stopped, broke it down, and pronounced it correctly with a huge smile on his face. Since then, he has not used the phrase, 'I don't know.'” - John Daniel, Reading Partners North Texas tutor 

“There's this moment when a child ‘gets it’, and you can see the moment they understand. It's a little bit of magic!“ - Carolyn Cantrell, Reading Partners North Texas tutor

“I have been working with my student for weeks on short vowel sounds, making silly noises to try to spark recall, and going through tons of flashcards. For the first few weeks, there did not seem to be a ton of connection and understanding, but finally, you could see things click, and my student was nailing every letter and sound, every time! I could tell my student was so proud that they had finally conquered the mountain that was short vowels. Now onto the long vowel sounds!” - Abby Wilkinson, Reading Partners North Texas tutor