America is in crisis—a literacy crisis. Our students are placing“dead last among the industrial world” in scholastic tests,as George Bush senior declared. The Salt Lake Tribuneshowed that when our children finish their schooling, nearlyhalf of them “…read and write so poorly that it is difficult forthem to hold a decent job.” The United States spends almost$4000 each year per taxpayer for increased costs of consumergoods and increased taxes because of illiteracy and theresulting crime and other social ills.To solve this crisis will take a revolution. And it all starts withthis book. Let’s End Our Literacy Crisis outlines a simple yeteffective strategy for ending the literacy crisis in our generation.By the time you finish reading this book, you will haveall the tools you need to effectively begin a revolution in yourown community—a revolution that will ultimately change theworld. Are you ready to make a difference?
America is in crisis—a literacy crisis. Our students are placing“dead last among the industrial world” in scholastic tests,as George Bush senior declared. The Salt Lake Tribuneshowed that when our children finish their schooling, nearlyhalf of them “…read and write so poorly that it is difficult forthem to hold a decent job.” The United States spends almost$4000 each year per taxpayer for increased costs of consumergoods and increased taxes because of illiteracy and theresulting crime and other social ills.To solve this crisis will take a revolution. And it all starts withthis book. Let’s End Our Literacy Crisis outlines a simple yeteffective strategy for ending the literacy crisis in our generation.By the time you finish reading this book, you will haveall the tools you need to effectively begin a revolution in yourown community—a revolution that will ultimately change theworld. Are you ready to make a difference?
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