DE Literacy Coalition DE Department of Education September 16, 2011
Literacy Education for All, 2011
More than three out of four of those on welfare, 85% of unwed mothers and 68% of those arrested are illiterate. About three in five of America's prison inmates are illiterate. Washington Literary Council, 2011
National Adult Literacy Survey (2009) NCED, U.S. Department of Education
McQuillan, 2008
National Institute for Literacy, Fast Facts on Literacy, 2011
National Adult Literacy Survey of 2009
Getting Ready to Read, 2011
Department of Justice, 2007
First Book NYC, 2011
Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association, 2009
The average student learns about 3,000 words per year in the early school years (8 words per day). First Book NYC, 2011
National Education Association, 2011
Department of Justice, 2009