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Vision To Learn provides eye exams and eyeglasses at no cost to students in low-income communities.

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Improving kids’ lives, a pair of glasses at a time

April 26, 2017

Detroit Student with new glasses

By Mike Duggan and Austin Beutner
A new kind of vehicle can be found on the streets of the Motor City, and it’s helping kids succeed. Since last fall, Vision To Learn’s mobile vision clinics have been visiting schools to provide eye exams and glasses to students, free of charge. The City of Detroit is working with the nonprofit organization to solve a problem of which most are unaware: many children are unable to see the board, read a book or complete their homework because they lack a pair of glasses.… more

Vision to Learn: Giving Kids a Chance to Succeed

April 25, 2017

Mayor of Wilmington, Michael Purzycki

By Michael Purzycki and Austin Beutner
Once again, Delaware is first in the nation – this time in finding a solution to help kids do better in school. Since 2014, the state of Delaware has been working with the nonprofit organization, Vision To Learn, to solve a problem of which most are unaware: many children are unable to see the board, read a book, or complete their homework, because they lack a pair of glasses.… more

A Clear Opportunity for America’s Children | Commentary

November 5, 2014

Delaware kids receive glasses from Vision To Learn

By Senator Chris Coons and Austin Beutner
Politicians at the local, state and national levels debate what works in education programs designed to improve academic outcomes for America’s children.

And while both sides have our kids’ best interests at heart, most of what they’re debating is theory, spinning off educated guesses about the success or failure of ideas with little short-term application on the blackboard or the blacktop.… more

An education solution that’s plain to see

October 24, 2014

morning meeting

By Governor Jack Markell and Senator Chris Coons

It’s hard to learn when you can’t read the chalkboard.

Yet for more than 6,000 of Delaware’s students, the biggest challenge they face isn’t just solving a math problem, but also seeing it.

The good news is we have a path forward. … more

Giving kids a view to a better future

February 5, 2013

LA LA ME Lopez for the LA Times

By Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times

In one year, Vision To Learn, a nonprofit mobile eye lab, has given eye exams to 5,000 students and handed out 4,000 pairs of glasses. ‘A $20 pair of glasses can change your life,’ its founder says.… more

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