One in three adults cannot read this sentence. (Literacy Texas)

Can we really expect them to complete a job application, read to their children, read a bus schedule, understand credit terms, understand their prescription instructions, or, as a preacher advises, read the Bible?

While numerous organizations around the country are helping more Americans become functionally literate, there is still a lot of work to be done. We can start by talking more about how illiteracy wreaks havoc in our society. The demand to learn basic reading and writing skills is high and critical as it prepares our country to compete in our ever-changing world. We must fight together as a nation to rid illiteracy.