Inspiring Arizona's Youth to Help Solve the Literacy Crisis
Abstract
Arizona has a literacy crisis: students who cannot read at grade level by the end of third grade are four times less likely to graduate from high school than their counterparts. Yet, 72 percent of the state’s third graders cannot read at grade level, and 85 percent of these struggling third graders are from low-income families. This means in their lifetime they are significantly more likely to struggle with unemployment, engage in crime, have higher rates of divorce, and suffer serious, costly medical conditions. We cannot let this be the fate of 72 percent of our children.
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