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Stop the perpetuation of socio-economic, racial and ethnic inequities 

67% of 4th grade Kansas Kids cannot read

Less than 20% of black students are proficient readers

Less than 50% of Hispanic students are proficient readers

There is a strong correlation between poverty and literacy issues. Only 5% of Americans with strong literacy skills live in poverty.

 

Dyslexia is hereditary, therefore it passes along reading difficulties from generation to generation - perpetuating the poverty cycle.

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We can end the cycle if we identify struggling students early and get them up-to-speed.

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40% of Prisoners are dyslexic

If you can't read, you can't work a traditional job. You are left to whatever means possible to make ends meet.

 

By focusing on reading difficulties, we are truly fighting the war on drugs or crime.

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The U.S. Department of Justice says that the link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure.

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