This is a guest post by Paul Penniman, executive director of Resources for Inner City Children, a nonprofit organization that provides professional tutoring free of charge to students in high-needs high schools in DC. Many students in DC's high-poverty middle and high schools have reading skills far below their grade level, and they've become disengaged from school as a result. We can get them back on track if we're willing to invest in paid, professional tutors who will work with them … [Read more...]