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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...

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