Say What???

So, I started my new job last week as a Reading Intervention teacher. And I'm loving it! But I have to say, it has me doing some serious thinking. I mean I knew that there are tons of students that are reading below grade level, but take a look at some of these statistics!! They are jaw dropping if you ask me! And
I plead......PARENTS........PLEASE.......READ TO & WITH YOUR CHILDREN!!!!


It is estimated that more than $2 billion is spent each year on students who repeat a grade because they have reading problems. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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.
A Nation Still at Risk, U.S. Department of Education, 1999

It is estimated that the cost of illiteracy to business and the taxpayer is $20 billion per year.

United Way, "Illiteracy: A National Crisis"

44 million adults in the U.S. can't read well enough to read a simple story to a child.

National Adult Literacy Survey (1992) NCED, U.S. Department of Education

50 percent of American adults are unable to read an eighth grade level book.
Jonathan Kozol, Illiterate America


Come on people, even SNOOP reads!!  LOL