America’s Reading Crisis Demands More Than Concern. It Demands Action.

America’s Reading Crisis Demands More Than Concern. It Demands Action.

By Marc H. Morial National Urban League President & CEO New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation. Across the country, reading achievement continues to decline. Nearly 40 percent of fourth graders read below the basic level and roughly a third of eighth graders are reading below basic, the highest share ever recorded. Taken …

America's Reading Crisis Demands More Than Concern. It Demands Action

New York City's troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation. Across the country, reading achievement continues to decline. Nearly 40 percent of fourth graders read below the basic level and roughly a third of eighth graders are reading below basic, the highest share ever recorded. Taken...

America’s Reading Crisis Demands More Than Concern. It Demands Action. – The Windy City Word

By Marc H. Morial National Urban League President & CEO New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation. Across the country, reading achievement continues to decline. Nearly 40 percent of fourth graders read below the basic level and roughly a third of eighth graders are reading below basic, the highest share ever recorded. Taken …

America’s reading crisis demands more than concern. It demands action. – Jackson Advocate

By Marc H. Morial  National Urban League President & CEO New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, […]