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5/31/99

SLU'S 'AMERICA READS' PROGRAM A SUCCESS

CANTON - A St. Lawrence University program which allows 
work-study students to tutor reading in local elementary schools 
is a success for all concerned, according to the results of a 
survey recently conducted on the program.
	Now in its second year, the project is partially funded 
through federal appropriations for the "America Reads" program. 
	During the 1998-99 academic year, 40 St. Lawrence students 
were tutors in the fall semester and 45 in the spring. Participating 
schools were St. Lawrence Central, Gouverneur, Hermon-DeKalb, 
Edwards-Knox and Madrid-Waddington; 105 students participated in the 
fall and 85 in the spring.
	Tutors and teachers in the participating schools were surveyed 
by David Prue and Lauren Shuman, graduate students working with program 
coordinator William Fox, associate professor of education. Both groups 
reported the experience to be very worthwhile. Comments from tutors 
included, "This has been one of the most amazing experiences I've had 
at St. Lawrence."
	A teacher who responded to the survey commented, "It would be 
difficult to teach without them. Your students have become an important 
part of our classroom community."
	Participants in the program undergo training, and receive 
transportation to and from the schools.

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