This op-ed was originally published in The Magnolia Banner News on Friday, August 23, 2024. Special to the Banner-News AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, published a report at the conclusion of its AmeriCorps VISTA Food Security...
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Newsweek: Congress Is Poised to Gut AmeriCorps. It’s a Huge Mistake.
This op-ed was originally published on Newsweek.com on July 26, 2024. — By David Price and David Drier, former United States Congressmen As millions of Americans emerge from the damage and devastation inflicted by Hurricane Beryl, which lashed the Texas...
Read More »The Washington Post: America should make it easier for young people to serve their country
This op-ed was originally published in Washington Post on July 12, 2024. — By Washington Post Editorial Board Polls suggest young Americans are less enchanted with their country than previous generations. Yet even those who want to serve their country,...
Read More »NOLA: Invest in AmeriCorps, Invest in Louisiana’s Future
This LTE was originally published on nola.com on April 1, 2024. — By Ge’Ron Tatum and Laura Vinsant Across Louisiana, Teach For America’s network of 600 teachers and district leaders have been working with local students, families and communities in...
Read More »Univision: “Congress must invest in AmeriCorps and our students”
Note: This op-ed originally ran in Spanish on Univision.com. By Kimberly Benavides, Executive Director, Reading Partners North Texas We’re facing a student literacy crisis in North Texas. According to the 2022 NAEP assessment, only 18 percent of our state’s fourth...
Read More »The74: Learning Loss Win-Win: High-Impact Tutoring in DC Boosts Attendance, Study Finds
This op-ed was published in The74 on Friday, March 1, 2024. By Linda Jacobson High-quality tutoring programs not only get students up to speed in reading and math, they can also reduce absenteeism, a new study shows. Focused on schools in Washington,...
Read More »Dallas Morning News: Neil Bush: National service matters now more than ever
Congress is considering a funding cut to AmeriCorps, but Neil Bush writes that national service is more important now than ever.
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