One year after implementing the Explorer Express After-School Program, Georgia’s Thomasville Community Resource Center (TCRC) has seen significant improvement in K—2 reading skills with the most dramatic gains in phonics and comprehension. The TCRC implementation of Explorer Express has expanded to seven sites and is supported through 21st Century Funding.
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Why It Works, According to the Principal
“Last year teachers spent a lot of time discussing chunking and other word-solving strategies during conferencing. It seemed like most students were only using the ‘sounding out’ method before participating in the Explorer Express After-School program. I think that working on word-solving strategies included in the program led to the drastic improvement that is reflected in these scores.” — Jessica H. Milton, Academic Program Director