More American children suffer long-term life-harm as a consequence of reading difficulties than from parental abuse(1), accidents, and all other childhood diseases and disorders combined. In purely economic terms, reading related difficulties cost more than the war on terrorism, crime, and drugs combined.
We need to reframe our society's thinking about what's at stake and what's involved in learning to read.
www.childrenofthecode.org/Tour/c1/index.htm
13 videos segments outlining the dimensions of the reading crisis and its individual and collective costs.
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Accommodations are adjustments in the presentation of information or tasks that enable children with disabilities to complete the same work as their peers. Examples include sitting near the teacher or extra testing time.
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