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Did you know that you can make a donation to Cluster Tutoring every time you shop at Amazon? If you designate Cluster Tutoring as your charitable organization through AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of the price of all eligible purchases … [Read more...] about Donate to Cluster when you shop at AmazonSmile

President Obama has nominated Judge Merrick Garland to be a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. But here's something we bet you don't know about the judge: He's a tutor. Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of … [Read more...] about Tutors come from high places

Marley Dias isn't your average sixth grader. Not all sixth graders can raise money to buy more than 1,000 books. And her quest doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. The 11-year-old from West Orange, N.J., grew frustrated with the lack of … [Read more...] about Girl collects 1,000 books that “look like her”

Cluster Tutoring has received a $6,000 grant from Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth, a group that uses the legal community’s resources to promote best-practice mentoring and tutoring programs in disadvantaged communities. Cluster was one of 13 grant … [Read more...] about Cluster gets $6,000 from Lawyers Lend-A-Hand

Books about a boy's bus ride with his grandmother and the real-life bear that became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh were among the books honored by the American Library Association in January. The 2016 Randolph Caldecott Medal for … [Read more...] about Newberry, Caldecott prizes given for top kids’ books

You've got a long New Year's weekend before school starts again. Several groups have issued lists of recommended classic children's books, from picture books for the youngest readers to tween books for middle grades. And these classics are available … [Read more...] about Curl up with a great kids’ book this cold weekend