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We Are Currently Failing Our Kids
1 in 4 Kids
will grow up without learning how to read.
Illiteracy is the Origin Point of a Life of Problems
85%
85 percent of all juveniles who interface with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate.****
2/3
2/3 of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare.***
4x
Children who do not read proficiently by the end of third grade are four times more likely to dropout of school.**
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3rd
Grade
Some Prisons forecast jail cells based on 3rd Grade illiteracy rates.
But we believe that Literacy can be our Future
#
when
Families
Build strong Reading Rituals.
All Kids
Have access to Diverse Books.
&
We can fix the problem at its
Origin Point
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