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Reading volunteer, 80: I'm proof of an old dog can help young people learn some very useful tricks

18 June 2015

This month marks four years since we launched our award-winning Get London Reading initiative to improve literacy in primary schools. So far more than 800 Evening Standard readers have become one-to-one reading volunteers with our campaign partner Beanstalk, helping over 2,370 pupils in 300 schools. Here, Robert Cassen, a professor at the London School of Economics, shares his experience as a reading volunteer raw recruit.
Article by Robert Cassen
Making a Difference in Education: What the Evidence Says, by Robert Cassen, Sandra McNally and Anna Vignoles, was published by Routledge in May.

This article was published in The Evening Standard on June 18, 2015
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Related publications
Making a Difference in Education: What the Evidence Says, Robert Cassen, Sandra McNally and Anna Vignoles, Routledge, May 2015 Details

Related links
Sandra McNally webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage
Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) webpage