Research experts predict that in the new millennium, math and reading illiteracy may impede three-quarters of American adults’ chances to obtain any but the lowest paying jobs.
Experts believe that the biggest obstacle to literacy is the scarcity of books and appropriate reading material.
1998 Reading Report Card found that students with higher reading scores were more likely to report four types of reading materials in their homes – encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and at least 25 books! – The National Assessment of Educational Programs
The average college graduate earned about 43% more than the average high school graduate in 1980. Today the difference in earnings between the same two workers is over 70%! - Government Accounting Office
If every child were read to daily, from infancy, it would revolutionize education in this country. – U.S. Education Secretary Richard W. Riley
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