tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735593.post-1110164701203744052005-03-06T18:47:00.000-08:002005-03-06T19:05:01.206-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;">Research experts predict that in the new millennium, math and reading illiteracy may impede three-quarters of American adults’ chances to obtain any but the lowest paying jobs.</p><p>Experts believe that the biggest obstacle to literacy is the scarcity of books and appropriate reading material.</p><p>1998 Reading Report Card found that students with higher reading scores were more likely to report four types of reading materials in their homes – encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and at least 25 books! – The National Assessment of Educational Programs</p><p>The average college graduate earned about 43% more than the average high school graduate in 1980. Today the difference in earnings between the same two workers is over 70%! - Government Accounting Office</p><p>If every child were read to daily, from infancy, it would revolutionize education in this country. – U.S. Education Secretary Richard W. Riley</p></span>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326826018923824072noreply@blogger.com