83% of children in low-income families have reading skills below the proficiency mark
*World Literacy Foundation. (2018). The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy.
The children of parents with low literacy skills are more likely to live in poverty as adults and are five times more likely to drop out of school.
*Strauss, Valerie. “Hiding in plain sight: The adult literacy crisis.” The Washington Post [Washington, D.C.], 1 Nov. 2016, Answer Sheet sec. The Washington Post
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