Authors tutor low-income children in expanding program

Public schools don't have the time to teach writing. Author Dave Eggers is making up for that, with a little quirky humor thrown in.

A nonprofit tutoring program that began in San Francisco in 2002 and has since expanded across the country pairs professional writers and others with mostly low-income children who need to work on writing skills. "Kids say, 'I'm not a good writer.' I don't know who told them that, but I'd like to kick them in the kneecap," said noted author Dave Eggers, who co-founded the program. "There is no such thing. It's about work. With enough work, anyone can write something clear, well thought out, even eloquent." Forbes