New Haven Reads was founded out of one woman’s desire for more literacy in the city of New Haven, Connecticut. In 2001, Christine Alexander started by giving away free books and later added free after-school tutoring. Today, 300-plus New Haven Reads tutors work with over 400 kids during the school year. In the four years Ethel Berger has been a tutor for New Haven Reads, she noticed that once the children she was working with understood the phonics piece of reading, they were still often left with comprehension issues. “So many times while working with the children I tutor, I wished I could have some help in teaching them to organize their thoughts,” said Berger. “Then C8 Sciences came along and offered us the opportunity to use their computer program with our New Haven Reads

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