June 16 1-3pm
Literacy is the key to lifelong improvement and learning. Reading at grade level by the end of third grade is a key indicator of high-school graduation and subsequent life success: stable job, stable housing, stable family life, raising literate children. How do we break the cycle of functional illiteracy? How do we make sure adults can read to learn, so that their children can learn to read? How can children develop needed literacy skills? What are viable solutions and exemplar programs?