Kids learn to read by 3rd grade, they read to learn starting in 4th Early Learning Matters! #GLReading
By 5th grade, there is a 2.5-3 yr learning gap btwn high & low income kids #GLReading
Nationally only 15% of children who receive free and reduced lunch during school year have access to those meals during summer #GLReading- Asthma is #1 reason for chronic school absence #GLReading
"Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together." Robert South #GLReading- Average child hears 16,000 words per day...low income children fall short #GLReading
- Quality Instruction Matters in early learning with high quality instruction in with caring and nurturing teachers. #GLReading
- A teacher makes all the difference, parents are the first teacher...talk, sing, read from birth #GLReading
- "Low income children have few, if any, age appropriate books in their homes..." #GLReading #economicsmatter
- Learn more about closing the 30 million word gap faced by low income children: http://tinyurl.com/okexv4p #GLReading
- Worth the 8 minute view: Crisis in America: https://vimeo.com/25666746 #GLReading
