Learning to read is possibly the most important skill you will ever learn. Strong reading skills improve your life in a myriad of ways. The better your reading skills, the more likely you are to be healthy, wealthy, and to live a long and happy life. That is the result that we want for ourselves, and the outcome we want for our children.
All of our children.
A shocking number of students in the United States are unable to read well. According to The Nation’s Report Card, one third of all 4th graders can’t read at a basic level, and most students are unable to read proficiently by the time they leave high school.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Every reader has to forge a path between various brain structures in order to learn how to read. While this is an enormously challenging task, it can be very manageable – and even empowering — if readers are taught correctly from the start. And, encouragingly, it is never too late to learn – regardless of age or current ability.
