Thoughts from Leadership: The Importance of Literacy in Education
By Dr. Kimberly Leverette Working in education for many years, I have experienced firsthand the ways in which proficient literacy positively affects students, schools and communities. According to the Literacy Project Foundation, 50 percent of adults cannot read above an eighth-grade reading level—which results in negative outcomes later in life. ProLiteracy, an international nonprofit organization that supports adult literacy programs,…
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