WHY IS Reading IMPORTANT?

1) ALL children want to read; how they are taught is crucial to whether or not this is accomplished.

2) Reading is the mandated foundation for academic and societal success. Students succeed in school when they are able to read fluently to gather knowledge and information, comprehend then proceed to make inferences and draw conclusions.

3) A society of educated citizens is a powerful society. Knowledge is power - power for the nation, the communities, its businesses and, most importantly, power for the children, for they are America's future.

4) History has shown that ignorance breeds hatred and unrest in society.

5) American schools are seriously failing in the basic education in reading. Ultimately, this will weakening our ability to remain a strong nation.

We live in a complex text driven, information-age society. We must take the steps necessary, regardless of how difficult, to give every American child the basic education essential to survive in this world. It is only through unyielding education of our citizens that we enhance our nation's ability to continue with its progress and its freedom. No country can sustain domestic peace or success when thirty to forty percent of its population is disenfranchised because the system failed to provide them with the basic, mandatory tool to succeed-reading.

Shockingly, 20 million of 52 million school children in this country do not read proficiently and are at risk for academic failure. They will fight an uphill battle throughout their education and will continue to lose their desire and chance to be a contributor in our society.

POWER4Kids can change this.