{"id":5510,"date":"2022-06-29T05:49:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchfizz.com\/?page_id=5510"},"modified":"2024-11-10T15:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:42:22","slug":"book-fairies-literacy-ifacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thebookfairies.org\/staging1\/book-fairies-literacy-ifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1663372966820{background-image: url(https:\/\/thebookfairies.org\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/book-fairies-donate-funds-m.jpg?id=7277) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”top” el_id=”banner”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”1.5em”][trx_call_to_action style=”1″ align=”left” accent=”yes” title=”A Child’sStory<\/b>” subtitle=”DONATE TODAY AND CHANGE” class=”pagebanner” height=”300″ top=”tiny” bottom=”tiny”][\/trx_call_to_action][vc_empty_space height=”2em”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”bottom” disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1660584419771{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #2e3191 !important;}” el_id=”secresponsive”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657265532311{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}”][trx_call_to_action style=”1″ align=”left” accent=”yes” custom=”yes” title=”Literacy Facts” top=”null” bottom=”null” left=”null”][\/trx_call_to_action][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][trx_image url=”5923″ align=”right” bottom=”null”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”30″ content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1657265243513{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][trx_image url=”6052″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][trx_title type=”2″ align=”left” font_weight=”400″ color=”#0a0a0a”]Literacy Definitions[\/trx_title][vc_column_text el_class=”littext”]<\/p>\n

Literacy :<\/h4>\n

The ability to read, write, speak, and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world.<\/p>\n

Literacy permeates all areas of life, fundamentally shaping how we learn, work, and socialize.<\/p>\n

Book Desert :<\/h4>\n

A geographic area that lacks consistent access to high- quality, affordable, print children\u2019s books.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1657268159529{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #666666 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1657268150211{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1657290721563{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The inability to read has the following consequences” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32px|text_align:center|color:%23FFFFFF” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” el_class=”literacyblock”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_single_image image=”5942″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1657267498355{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][trx_title type=”5″ align=”center” font_size=”18px” font_weight=”400″ color=”#ffffff” class=”literacyblock”]Lower Quality Jobs[\/trx_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_single_image image=”5943″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1657267952817{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][trx_title type=”5″ align=”center” font_size=”18px” font_weight=”400″ color=”#ffffff” class=”literacyblock”]Lower income[\/trx_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_single_image image=”5944″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1657267967450{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][trx_title type=”5″ align=”center” font_size=”18px” font_weight=”400″ color=”#ffffff” class=”literacyblock”]Lower self-esteem[\/trx_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_single_image image=”5945″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1657267980706{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][trx_title type=”5″ align=”center” font_size=”18px” font_weight=”400″ color=”#ffffff” class=”literacyblock”]Precarious financial position[\/trx_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_single_image image=”5946″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1657267993898{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][trx_title type=”5″ align=”center” font_size=”18px” font_weight=”400″ color=”#ffffff” class=”literacyblock”]Intergenerational transmission of illiteracy[\/trx_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” gap=”35″ rtl_reverse=”yes” content_placement=”middle” inverse=”” css=”.vc_custom_1657291160136{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}” el_id=”secresponsive”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657280738537{padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”What does literacy look like across the US?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32px|text_align:left|color:%230c0c0c” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text el_class=”littext”]<\/p>\n

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    1. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of U.S. adults 16-74 years old – about 130 million people – lack proficiency in literacy, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.\n

      Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. 43% of adults with the lowest literacy skills live in poverty.\n

      “New York State has a literacy problem.” Literacy New York<\/a>, Fission Content Management System<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Upwards of 85% of youth and 75% of prisoners cannot read above a 4th grade level.\n

      *White, Sheida, editor. “Prison Component of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy.” National Center for Education Statistics<\/em>, U.S. Department of Education<\/a>, . AND (United States Department of Education, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies. Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments Among U.S. Adults: Results from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. 2 out of 3 children affected by systemic poverty cannot read at grade level.\n

      *The Literacy Crisis”<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. 1 in 5 Americans read below the level needed to earn a living wage.\n

      *Clark, Zoe, and Jennifer White. “Illiteracy and its effects on our society.<\/a>“<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      “New York has the second-highest percentage of adults lacking basic prose literacy skills in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n

      “Us Literacy Rates By State 2020.” World Population Review, 2020<\/p>\n

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      A total of 3.4 million New York State residents are either reading below the 5th grade level, lack a High School Diploma, or cannot speak English.<\/em><\/p>\n

      “New York State has a literacy problem.”<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button icon=”icon-arrow” align=”center” link=”http:\/\/www.literacynewyork.org\/about-us”]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1657272363593{padding: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][trx_image url=”5995″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1663613390705{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}” el_class=”littext”]<\/p>\n

      Currently, only 30 percent of third-graders in New York City public schools can read at grade level, according to the department\u2019s statistics.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Herndon, Lisa. “New program aims to bring 100 percent literacy by 2026.<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button icon=”icon-arrow” align=”center” link=”https:\/\/www.riverdalepress.com\/stories\/new-program-aims-to-bring-100-percent-literacy-by-2026,60263″]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1731271082233{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1657275957637{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Results of Illiteracy” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32px|text_align:center|color:%230f0f0f” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657280776306{padding-right: 40px !important;}”][trx_number value=”01″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658703190078{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”littext”]83% of children in low-income families have reading skills below the proficiency mark<\/strong><\/p>\n

      *World Literacy Foundation. (2018). The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      Those who do not read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave school without a diploma than proficient readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      *Hernandez, Donald J. Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. Baltimore, Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2012<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button align=”left” link=”https:\/\/thebookfairies.org\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Double-Jeopardy-Report-030812-for-web1.pdf” target=”_blank”]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657290258261{padding-left: 40px !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][trx_image url=”6051″ id=”resultpoint” width=”80%”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” inverse=”” css=”.vc_custom_1657283399868{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657290266933{padding-right: 40px !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][trx_image url=”6002″ id=”resultpoint” width=”80%”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657280802152{padding-left: 40px !important;}”][trx_number value=”02″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658417457774{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”littext”]The children of parents with low literacy skills are more likely to live in poverty as adults and are five times more likely to drop out of school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      *Strauss, Valerie. “Hiding in plain sight: The adult literacy crisis.” The Washington Post [Washington, D.C.], 1 Nov. 2016, Answer Sheet sec. The Washington Post<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button align=”left” link=”www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2016\/11\/01\/ hiding-in-plain-sight-the-adult-literacy-crisis\/?noredirect=on”]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” inverse=”” css=”.vc_custom_1657283431804{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657280809041{padding-right: 40px !important;}”][trx_number value=”03″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658418186258{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”littext”]Illiterate parents tend to have lower educational expectations for their children and often place work before education. When parents are uninvolved in their children\u2019s education, kids are more likely to display behavioral problems, have poor grades, repeat school years and even discontinue their formal education.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      *United Nations, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The Social and Economic Impact of Illiteracy: Analytical Model and Pilot Study. By Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez and Andr\u00e9s Fern\u00e1ndez, Report no. OREALC2010-PI-H-12, Santiago, United Nations, Dec. 2010. An\u00e1lisis de las consecuencias sociales y eco-n\u00f3micas del analfabetismo UNE08-001. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Digital Library.<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button align=”left” link=”unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000190571″]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657290274827{padding-left: 40px !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][trx_image url=”6003″ id=”resultpoint” width=”80%”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1657289655662{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657290283892{padding-right: 40px !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][trx_image url=”6009″ id=”resultpoint” width=”80%”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657289561675{padding-left: 40px !important;}”][trx_number value=”04″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658703394254{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”littext”]Illiterate people earn 30% less than their literate counterparts and do not have the literacy skills required to undertake further vocational education or training to improve their earning capacity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      *World Literacy Foundation. (2018). The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy.<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button align=”left” link=”https:\/\/worldliteracyfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheEconomicSocialCostofIlliteracy-2.pdf”]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1657283475134{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657280851141{padding-right: 40px !important;}”][trx_number value=”05″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658419624760{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”littext”]Low-literate adults are over ten times more likely to receive public financial aid and on average only earn $300 per week, even while working full-time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      *Garcia, Valeria. “The problem with illiteracy and how it affects all of us.” Reading Partners, 25 July 2017<\/p>\n

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      Literacy New York<\/p>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][trx_button align=”left” link=”https:\/\/www.literacynewyork.org\/about-us”]Read More[\/trx_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1657283823510{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1657283285016{padding-right: 30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Reasons to increase Literacy rates:” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32px|text_align:left|color:%230f0f0f” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text el_class=”littext”]<\/p>\n

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        1. If all U.S. adults were able to graduate high school and begin college, it would generate an additional $2.2 trillion in annual income for the country, equal to 10% of the gross domestic product.\n

          Forbes. Low Literacy Levels Among US Adults Could Be Costing the Economy 22 Trillion A Year<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        2. Increasing literacy rates leads to better paying jobs, adds to economic growth and builds social equity.\n

          *United Nations, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The Social and Economic Impact of Illiteracy: Analytical Model and Pilot Study.<\/a> By Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez and Andr\u00e9s Fern\u00e1ndez, Report no. OREALC2010-PI-H-12, Santiago, United Nations, Dec. 2010. An\u00e1lisis de las consecuencias sociales y eco-n\u00f3micas del analfabetismo UNE08-001. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Digital Library<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        3. More than 80% of jobs are now considered \u201cskilled\u201d meaning they require education and training beyond high school.\n

          *“Fast Facts – Adult Education and Literacy.”<\/a> Literacy New York, Fission Content Management System<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        4. The US can save more than $232 billion a year in health care costs that are directly related to low adult literacy skills.\n

          *Garcia, Valeria. “The problem with illiteracy and how it affects all of us.”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        5. Illiterate individuals have more workplace accidents, take longer to recover and more often misuse medication through ignorance of health care resources and because they have trouble reading and understanding the relevant information (warnings, dosage, contraindications, etc.).\n

          *Strauss, Valerie. “Hiding in plain sight: The adult literacy crisis.<\/a> “The Washington Post [Washington, D.C.], 1 Nov. 2016, Answer Sheet sec.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        6. When people can read, they can better understand societal issues, increasing community involvement and civic participation.\n

          *Strauss, Valerie. “Hiding in plain sight: The adult literacy crisis.”<\/a> The Washington Post [Washington, D.C.], 1 Nov. 2016, Answer Sheet sec.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        7. Statistically, poor families are far less likely to utilize public libraries, whether it\u2019s because they’re not acclimated to using them or because they’re worried about being charged late fines, or because they\u2019re skeptical of putting their name on a card associated with a government entity. Neuman has found that only 8 percent of such families report they have taken advantage of library resources.\n

          *Wong, Alia. “Where Books Are All But Nonexistent.”<\/a>The Atlantic<\/em>, 14 July 2016..The Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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