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America Reads Challenge: Tutors to Teachers

Investigated how the America Reads Challenge might help recruit tutors to the teaching profession. Focus groups and surveys of college tutors in urban settings indicated that they enjoyed the experience and believed it increased and confirmed their desire to teach. Most felt that their previous beliefs about urban classrooms changed after this experience. (SM)

• Author/Creator: Sheets, Rosa Hernandez, Hurtado, Rosemary
• Date Published: Win
• Journal/Secondary Title: Multicultural Education
• Number: 2
• Volume: 9
• Year: 2001

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Diversity (Student)
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: High Risk Students
• Subject: Reading Improvement
• Subject: Reading Skills
• Subject: Student Attitudes
• Subject: Teacher Recruitment
• Subject: Teaching (Occupation)
• Subject: Tutors
• Subject: Urban Education

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