President Clinton later today joins _________ presidents Ford， Carter and Bush at “ the president’s _________ for America’s future” aimed at _______ one million volunteer tutors to provide after school， weekend and summer reading help for up to three million children. Mr. Clinton will ask Congress this coming week for nearly three _______dollars to fund a five-year program called “America Reads”.

The program would fund the ________ efforts of 20 thousand reading __________ and it would also give _________ to help parents help children read by the third grade， or about age eight. During his Saturday radio _________， the president explained why the program is important. “We need ?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />America and we need it now. Studies show that if the fourth-graders fail to read well， ____________________________________. But， 40 percent of them still can’t read at a basic level.” Volunteer tutors， who provide community service in exchange for college funding， are being used in literacy and tutors， who provide community service in exchange for college funding， are being used in literacy and tutoring programs. _______________________________________. The president says many of the Philadelphia summit’s corporate sponsors will recruit tutors. _____________________________________________________.