A Timeline of Reading Assist’s History
1979 - Ginger Develops Initial Reading Curriculum
1989 - Reading Assist Becomes 501 (c)(3)
Ginger incorporated her growing organization as the Reading Assist, a 501(c)(3), and began training more volunteer tutors. Reading Assist soon became a recognized authority on reading intervention for elementary students, and its trained tutors were providing reading intervention for students in schools throughout New Castle County.
2000-2006 - Reading Assist Receives Awards, Builds Program
2013 - Reading Assist Advises Delaware Board of Education
The Delaware Board of Education turned to Reading Assist for guidance about the best ways to teach literacy and support struggling readers.
2015 - Reading Assist Fellowship Program Begins
In 2015, Reading Assist created the Reading Assist Intervention Corps – now known as Reading Assist Fellows – in partnership with AmeriCorps Delaware and the Colonial School District to provide students with more intensive, consistent reading intervention – one-on-one, 45 minutes a day, five days a week – to more students.
2020 - Reading Assist Program Continues to Expand
Today, Reading Assist has thousands of graduates who learned to read through the program Ginger created. Our program serves more than 160 students in New Castle County public and charter schools each year, marking more than 50% growth since our pilot year. We continue to expand to serve new schools each year and work to ensure fewer struggling readers are left behind.