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Touched By The Light Publishing Literacy Program
Literacy is taught. Illiteracy is inherited.
Touched By The Light Publishing has established a literacy program to improve the quality of life for individuals and families. As a result, we are pledging 20% of all sales to our literacy campaign.
Touched By The Light Publishing is dedicated to improving the lives of women and children in this country. Our company started with Gloria G. Lee's 12 year, ground breaking study on violence against women and has culminated into a movement. "Change the way you think to change the way you live" is our motto. Our publications are aimed at changing the way you look at life. There is nothing like waking up in the morning with a positive mindset, filled with power to take on the day. Reading our publications will help transform your life. By purchasing our books, you will be an active participant in our efforts to eradicate illiteracy in America.
Click on this link to purchase our books: Touched By The Light Publishing
Touched By The Light Publishing has established a literacy program to improve the quality of life for individuals and families. As a result, we are pledging 20% of all sales to our literacy campaign.
Touched By The Light Publishing is dedicated to improving the lives of women and children in this country. Our company started with Gloria G. Lee's 12 year, ground breaking study on violence against women and has culminated into a movement. "Change the way you think to change the way you live" is our motto. Our publications are aimed at changing the way you look at life. There is nothing like waking up in the morning with a positive mindset, filled with power to take on the day. Reading our publications will help transform your life. By purchasing our books, you will be an active participant in our efforts to eradicate illiteracy in America.
Click on this link to purchase our books: Touched By The Light Publishing
Low literacy rates have a tremendous effect on American Society - view our video to learn more
You can also view the video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5qn82yiJOs
Literacy saves lives!
FACTS ABOUT ILLITERACY
Literacy in the United States
In the U.S. - (From ProLiteracy Worldwide: Facts about Literacy, www.proliteracy.org)
• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, workers 18 and over with a bachelor's degree
earn an average of $51,206 a year, while those with a high school diploma earn
$27,915; those without a high school diploma average $18,734
• American business currently spends more than $60 billion each year on employee
training, much of that for remedial reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Annual health care costs in the U.S. are four times higher for individuals with low
literacy skills than they are for individuals with high level literacy skills.
• Women in the U.S. who have little formal education are more likely than educated
women to be in abusive relationships.
• One-half of all adults in U.S. federal and state correctional institutions cannot read or
write at all; 85% of juvenile offenders have reading problems.
Literacy in the United States
In the U.S. - (From ProLiteracy Worldwide: Facts about Literacy, www.proliteracy.org)
• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, workers 18 and over with a bachelor's degree
earn an average of $51,206 a year, while those with a high school diploma earn
$27,915; those without a high school diploma average $18,734
• American business currently spends more than $60 billion each year on employee
training, much of that for remedial reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Annual health care costs in the U.S. are four times higher for individuals with low
literacy skills than they are for individuals with high level literacy skills.
• Women in the U.S. who have little formal education are more likely than educated
women to be in abusive relationships.
• One-half of all adults in U.S. federal and state correctional institutions cannot read or
write at all; 85% of juvenile offenders have reading problems.
More than eight million students in grades 4-12 read below grade level. Most are able to sound out words—the challenge isn’t to teach them to decode text but, rather, to help them comprehend what they read. (From Alliance for Excellent Education: http://www.all4ed.org/publications/FactSheets.html)
• Only 31% of America’s 8th-grade students - and roughly the same percentage of 12th graders - meet the National Assessment of Educational Progress standard of reading “proficiency” for their grade level.
• Among low-income 8th graders, just 15% read at a proficient level. • A mere 3% of all 8th graders read at an advanced level.
• On average, African-American and Hispanic 12th-grade students read at the same
level as white 8th-grade students.
• The 25 fastest-growing professions have far greater than average literacy demands,
while the fastest-declining professions have lower than average literacy demands.
• Roughly 23% of high school graduates are not ready to succeed in an introductorylevel college writing course.
• About 40% of high school graduates lack the literacy skills employers seek.
• Employment projections indicate that jobs requiring only a high school degree will
grow by just 9% by the year 2008 while those requiring a bachelor’s degree will grow
by 25% and those requiring an associate’s degree will grow by 31%.
• Male and female students with low academic achievement are twice as likely to
become parents by their senior year of high school compared to students with high
academic achievement.
• For juveniles involved in quality reading instruction programs while in prison,
recidivism was reduced by 20% or more.
• High school dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be
arrested in their lifetimes.
• Only 31% of America’s 8th-grade students - and roughly the same percentage of 12th graders - meet the National Assessment of Educational Progress standard of reading “proficiency” for their grade level.
• Among low-income 8th graders, just 15% read at a proficient level. • A mere 3% of all 8th graders read at an advanced level.
• On average, African-American and Hispanic 12th-grade students read at the same
level as white 8th-grade students.
• The 25 fastest-growing professions have far greater than average literacy demands,
while the fastest-declining professions have lower than average literacy demands.
• Roughly 23% of high school graduates are not ready to succeed in an introductorylevel college writing course.
• About 40% of high school graduates lack the literacy skills employers seek.
• Employment projections indicate that jobs requiring only a high school degree will
grow by just 9% by the year 2008 while those requiring a bachelor’s degree will grow
by 25% and those requiring an associate’s degree will grow by 31%.
• Male and female students with low academic achievement are twice as likely to
become parents by their senior year of high school compared to students with high
academic achievement.
• For juveniles involved in quality reading instruction programs while in prison,
recidivism was reduced by 20% or more.
• High school dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be
arrested in their lifetimes.
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