Worldreader partnered with World Vision to provide students at under-resourced schools and community centers in America access to a digital library and a tracking strategy for children to set individual reading goals.

How do you raise the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cesar Chavez, or Sonia Sotomayor? It all starts with reading. For many families, that means reading in Spanish.

Marking National Read Across America Day, TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager spotlights the work of the nonprofit Worldreader, which has used tech to get books into the hands of 17 million kids around the world. Now Worldreader is focusing its efforts here at home, launching a BookSmart app to promote reading to kids in underserved “book deserts” across America.

For years, the country’s most vulnerable have faced a “homework gap.” The sudden shift to online learning has left them even further behind. Governments, schools, and parents are stepping up to bridge the gap.

Leaders from across sectors guide a new education program supporting vulnerable children in the US during Covid-19 school disruptions and beyond.

Parental support and guidance have always been an important pillar of academic success among students. But, as students learn how to navigate distance learning, parents are being called on to be more involved in their child’s education than ever before.