Post on 21-Jan-2015
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It effects us all
THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC IN AMERICAThere is an epidemic in America
• Our Schools are in trouble.
It is estimated that the cost of illiteracy to business and the taxpayer is $20 billion per year.
Think its n
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problem
• Approximately 50 percent of the nation's unemployed youth age 16-21 are functional illiterate, with virtually no prospects of obtaining good jobs.
60 PERCENT OF AMERICA'S PRISON INMATES ARE ILLITERATE AND 85% OF ALL JUVENILE OFFENDERS HAVE READING PROBLEMS.
More than 20 percent of adults read at or below a fifth-grade level - far below the level needed to earn a living wage.
How many people does this effect?
• 21 million Americans can't read at all, 45 million are marginally illiterate and one-fifth of high school graduates can't read their diplomas.
• It is estimated that more than $2 billion is spent each year on students who repeat a grade because they have reading problems.
• Since 1983, more than 10 million Americans reached the 12th grade without having learned to read at a basic level. In the same period, more than 6 million Americans dropped out of high school altogether.
• 54 percent of all teachers have limited English proficient (LEP) students in their classrooms, yet only one-fifth of teachers feel very prepared to serve them.
Who’s fault i
s it?
• Can we afford to do nothing?
CAN PARENT INVOLVEMENT HELP?
• The evidence is in: when schools and families work together to support learning, everyone benefits.
• * Students do better in school and in life.
• * Parents become empowered.
• * Teacher morale improves.
• * Schools get better.
• * Communities grow stronger.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD
•How does community involvement effect learning ?
Parent, family, and community involvement in education
correlates with higher academic performance and school improvement.
What's the answer??