LITERACY AND YOUTH

Children who struggle to read
feel bad about themselves.
Feeling bad about oneself
in the flow of learning seriously decreases
the capacity for learning.

Studies indicate that 35% of children with reading
disabilities drop out of school,
a rate twice that of their classmates.

Surveys of young adults with criminal records show that
about half have reading difficulties.

Similarly, about half of youths with a history
of substance abuse have reading problems.

The problems,
psychological and educational,
continue to affect these kids
for the rest of their lives. ¹²