Retirees Working for 'Experience Corps' in Urban Schools

By Anne W. Howard

Rewards of Giving: An In-Depth Study of Older Adults' Volunteer Experiences in Urban Elementary Schools, by Becca Raley, examines a program that links retired people with needy students. Commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the report interviewed 43 Experience Corps volunteers, older Americans who worked in classrooms at elementary schools providing one-on-one academic and social support to children from low-income families. Many of the