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Hey everyone! It’s Dalbin here. As we roll through the beautiful month of April, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. If you’ve stepped outside lately, you’ve seen Baltimore starting to bloom, the Inner Harbor is bustling, the parks are getting green ...

Hey everyone, Dalbin Osorio here. As we move into May, the flowers are blooming here in Baltimore, the weather is finally deciding to stay warm, and across the country, we are observing Mental Health Awareness Month. At the Dyslexia Tutoring Program ...

It’s May, and if you walk into any school hallway this week, you’ll likely see "Thank You" banners, boxes of donuts in the breakroom, and plenty of coffee gift cards being handed out. It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, a time when we collectively pause ...

Let’s be real for a second: the transition from the classroom to the cubicle (or the remote home office) is a massive jump for anyone. But when you’re navigating that journey with dyslexia, the stakes can feel a lot higher. You’ve likely spent years ...

A Dedicated Volunteer Helps Brings a Dream to Life in Anne Arundel County We are thrilled about our landmark partnership with Bodkin Elementary this Spring, which will bring DTP’s specialized training to the Bodkin school community in Pasadena, Mary ...

As part of our efforts to better understand our impact and continue strengthening our work, we recently gathered feedback from tutors, scholars, families, and funders about their experiences with DTP. Their reflections pointed to something powerful - ...

Many of us grew up hearing the phrase “it takes a village.” Often invoked when talking about raising children, DTP recognizes the power of a village in all aspects of life. The “village” is the very ethos of the nonprofit sector. Real, substantive pr ...

Reaching further… For over 40 years, DTP has been focused on building literacy in Baltimore one reader at a time. Make no mistake, those efforts unleashed untold potential and made dreams reality for countless individuals with learning differences i ...

At the Dyslexia Tutoring Program (DTP), we believe that literacy is a fundamental civil right. However, for many students in Baltimore and beyond, particularly those with dyslexia or other language-based learning differences, that right remains out o ...

Here's something we see all the time at DTP: a student who's been struggling with reading for months suddenly lights up when they get their hands on a book about a kid who looks like them, lives in a neighborhood like theirs, or faces challenges they ...