It is estimated that 93-million adults in our country read at or below basic literacy levels. The following video vignettes address the academic, emotional and life-long implications associated with this challenge. Each video lasts 2 to 5 minutes.
Reading Crisis
Establishes the dimensions of reading problems
Academic Danger
Reviews the relationship between reading proficiency and academic success
Emotional Danger
Introduces the emotional-developmental danger of protracted learning to read difficulties
Economic Danger
Addresses the economic implications associated with illiteracy
Nation’s Greatest Learning Disability
Presents the collective effects of reading difficulties as disabling more children’s learning than anything else we keep track of
Reframe
Suggests we start to learn and think differently
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