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EVERY KID DESERVES TO READ
Empowered Readers is a non-profit dreamed up by a 5-year-old little girl who set out to tackle illiteracy by helping families build strong reading rituals and by getting kids excited about reading.
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”Reading is the gateway skill that makes all
other learning possible."
-Barack Obama
The Dissolution of Hope
3.2 YEARS
Studies show that when kids have 500 books or more in their homes, their education is boosted 3.2 years on average.*
4x
Children who do not read proficiently by the end of third grade are four times more likely to dropout of school.**
2/3
2/3 of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare.***
85%
85 percent of all juveniles who interface with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate.****
*Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations
** Donald Hernandez, Double Jeopardy
*** One World Literacy Foundation
**** US Department of Education
