Kentwood tutoring program helps hundreds of students amid Michigan's childhood literacy crisis

Kentwood tutoring program helps hundreds of students amid Michigan's childhood literacy crisis

Michigan ranks among the 10 worst states for childhood literacy rates, but a tutoring program in Kentwood is helping more students learn to enjoy reading and a recent grant is keeping it alive.Jazmin, a second grader at Discover Elementary, works regularly with her tutor, Chris Krive, through Michigan Education Corps, a nonprofit that provides high-impact tutoring services across the state. Michigan Education Corps has partnered with Kentwood Pu…