September 16, 2008: Back to basics
21% of Jacksonville adults who function at the lowest literacy level
20% of adults cannot read the words “CAUTION” or “HAZARD”
70% of prison inmates who are functionally illiterate
34% of all job applicants lack the basic literacy skills needed to et the job they are applying for
1000 - 1500 - average number of words a child from a middle-class home with educated parents hears by the age of 3
450 - average number of words a cild living in poverty with parents with little or no education hears by the age of 3
