According to a new study from Washington University and Johns Hopkins University, older volunteers who help children learn provide benefits to themselves as well as the students,
- Researchers looked at the Experience Corps, a program in which 2,000 volunteers over 55 years old work with 20,000 students in 22 different cities.
- They found that students in the program gained 60 percent greater progress with reading comprehension and sounding out words compared to students not in the program.
- However, the researchers also found that the volunteers showed improved physical activity and health compared to adults of similar age and demographics.
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