Literacy isn't just a heart issue. It's a pocketbook issue. Some people are moved by heartstrings. Everyone is moved by their pocketbook. 💵 Here's what years of literacy advocacy have taught me: reading isn't just an education issue. It's an economic issue. A workforce issue. A national competitiveness issue. And it affects every American, every single day. Right now, only about 1 in 3 of our students in 4th, 8th, and 12th grade read proficiently. How do we compete with China when two-thirds of our kids can't read at grade level? We don't. Here's the hopeful part: as Dr. @LouisaMoats points out, research suggests about 95% of children can learn to read with evidence-based instruction. 95%. Imagine where the United States would be today if we'd delivered on that. Every child who learns to read becomes a stronger worker, a better-informed citizen, and a more secure family. Their success is our success. It's in ALL of our interest that children learn to read. 📚 👉 Share this if you agree literacy is everyone's business. #ScienceOfReading #LiteracyMatters #Workforce #Education #ParentsForReadingJustice

In 2014, the @NAACP passed a national resolution on dyslexia. They called it the civil rights issue of our time. They were right. 🙏 Thank you, @voiceadvocacy — for the resolution that started it. A decade later, resolutions on evidence-based literacy instruction are moving forward across the country — and it's worth remembering how we got here. Not top-down. Bottom-up. It started with dyslexic students and parents who refused to accept "wait and see." Here's the thing: what works for dyslexic kids works for all kids. @OHEducation Director Steve Dackin put it perfectly — sometimes the education system needs "external stimuli" to break out of old practice. We're happy to be that stimuli. 🔥 Parents advocating for their own kid is powerful. Parents advocating for every kid? That's how movements are built. Link to full podcast here: @FulcrumLiteracy @KJWinEducation @DyslexiaIDA @NationalParents 📚 #ScienceOfReading #DyslexiaAwareness #LiteracyForAll #ParentPower