The District is increasingly turning to another pool of labor to support its efforts to improve literacy, reduce drop-out rates, and turn around schools: AmeriCorps volunteers. Twenty years after the national service program started, the $665 million federal program helps fund corps members in 1,500 organizations around the country. In the District, about 800 AmeriCorps volunteers are working in public schools — both traditional and charter — and in community organizations that support education.
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