It is a nationwide program that connects people over age fifty-five with elementary school students from low-income families.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Government estimates say three to seven percent of school-age children in the United States have it.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

It found that about one-third of students age twelve to eighteen were bullied at school.

VOA: special.2010.04.22