The writing is on the wall. Our children can’t read it.

America is trapped in the severe, compounding collapse of reading, and has been for more than a decade.

Yet, instead of treating this like the five-alarm fire it is, the educational establishment has responded to the stream of alarming reports with a collective shrug, blaming external factors or doubling down on broken methodologies.

The answer here isn’t merely technical. It’s emotional. To reverse this crippling reading gap, we must cultivate a love of reading in our children. While foundational reading instruction is critical, children will never become readers if they never want to pick up a book on their own.

So the question should not only be: Can children read? It must also be: Do they choose to read? Do they see themselves as readers?

At Success Academy, reading has always been core to our mission, and our results show what is possible when schools........

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