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Tutors Needed! Many second and third-graders in Oakland are struggling with basic reading 📙and math ➕. You can be an excellent tutor! No experience necessary! LEARN MORE: https://www.children-rising.org/volunteer/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Looking for volunteer opportunities here in your community? prepares you to make a difference in the life of an eager child. LEARN MORE https://children-rising.org/volunteer/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Families are navigating an increasingly complex educational landscape. Schools face budget pressures, and many families are carrying economic strain and housing instability. In her new Perspectives article, Marshelle Wilburn shares how Children Rising is responding by widening a Circle of Care around children and inviting the community to help.

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🫶🏽 Timely support matters.

When children receive tutoring, encouragement, and family connection before they fall further behind, they can build skills, confidence, and hope.

Read why the right help at the right time matters for Oakland children 👉🏽 https://www.children-rising.org/2026/06/18/timely-tutoring-support-oakland/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Children Rising Perspectives – Navigating the Post-COVID education landscape: The world has changed significantly, and unprecedented challenges remain. READ: https://www.children-rising.org/2023/08/22/perspectives-navigating-the-post-covid-education-landscape/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

How the youngest readers tackle sounds, words, and the science of reading. READ how 4 high-poverty CA schools are fighting to free their students from illiteracy. https://edsource.org/2022/the-youngest-readers-tackle-sounds-words-and-the-science-of-reading/679248?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Will you build bridges of hope in our community? Empower our children — now and for years to come — to rise above the challenges created by decades of poverty, educational inequity, and deeply rooted racial injustice? LEAVE A LEGACY: https://bit.ly/3mZc1Ec?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

“Many things can wait. Children cannot.” — Gabriela Mistral

Hayden’s story reminds us why timely support matters. After missing three years of formal classroom learning, he needed more than curriculum. He needed caring adults, steady encouragement, and a Circle of Care around him.

When children receive the right help at the right time, they can begin to catch up — and begin to believe they can learn.

Read more in this Perspectives reflection: https://www.children-rising.org/2026/06/18/timely-tutoring-support-oakland/

The Right Help at the Right Time Children struggling in school need support before they fall further behind. See why timely tutoring, family connection, and a caring Circle of Care matter so deeply for Oakland children.

A child who starts behind should not have to stay behind. 🏃🏾

Because of caring tutors and a Circle of Care, Hayden received the support he needed to begin catching up in reading. 📖

See how your support helps Oakland children grow: https://www.children-rising.org/2026/06/16/how-your-kindness-helped-hayden-find-his-way-into-reading/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com