I am, for the first time in my life, in South Dakota, traveling by car from the East Coast to the West Coast. I borrowed a book on tape forContinue reading “The Other America is still out there and needs our undivided attention”
Category Archives: Poverty
Getting back to reading basics to rebuild a prosperous society
We have all heard “give a person a fish and you feed them for a day… teach them to fish and you feed them for life.” I say, “first youContinue reading “Getting back to reading basics to rebuild a prosperous society”
Dream things that never were and say why not
I was recently asked if the Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project was a person, who would it be? I choose Robert Kennedy whose inspiration is a driving force for generationsContinue reading “Dream things that never were and say why not”
Why Johnny's mom and dad can't read
More than 85 million adults in the U.S. have low or very low literacy skills. These adults were once children who did not get the chance to learn how toContinue reading “Why Johnny's mom and dad can't read”
A child hungry to read is a child lost
“I wanna go to school so bad. I wanna read,” Ivan said excitedly on the first day of school. ABC News: Waiting on the World to Change View this compellingContinue reading “A child hungry to read is a child lost”