Description: Literacy Inc. combats the literacy crisis in New York by providing reading and learning opportunities for children so that they grow into competent readers, ready to succeed in school and in life.
WHO WE ARE
WHAT WE DO
New York City has an invisible crisis. Nearly two out of three children affected by systemic poverty cannot read at grade level. Children who can’t transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” by third grade are 13 times more likely not to graduate on time from high school. Illiteracy impacts their ability to access better opportunities in health, education, and the economy. In the United States, 43% of adults with the lowest levels of literacy live in poverty. Low literacy rates cost the Ameri
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