Sakura and Kaimana

The word is climbs.  Kaimana stares at it.  He frowns.  He won’t speak.  He fidgets in his chair.  It makes no sense:  Why is there a “b” at the end of this word? Kaimana’s tutor, a Garfield High School student named Sakura, now in her second year with Team Read,...

Justin Bieber – Myla’s Reading Incentive

Reading Coach Bio: Kiara Thomas Years in Team Read: 3 Why she became a reading coach: I was a great reader as a kid. Reading came easy to me and I thought that’s how it was for all kids. But I quickly learned that reading doesn’t come easy for some kids. That made me...

An Interview with Jack Khuu

Jack, you’ve given so much time to Team Read as a volunteer and tutor. Can we clone you? Only if I get a clone for myself — someone to go to school for me so I can stay home and sleep late. When you tutor, you look like you’re having a lot of fun. Sometimes...