Editorial: Read to a child and support adult literacy
Ventura County Star: 3.01.2017
Thursday is our national day to promote and
celebrate reading. In classrooms across our county and nation, teachers,
parents and other guests will be reading to children as part of Read Across
America Day.
This annual event created by the National Education
Association in 1998 and held on and around the birthday of the late Theodor
Seuss Geisel — Dr. Seuss — offers everyone a wonderful chance to get involved
in their local schools and support education and literacy.
Literacy, however, is not just an issue for
children. About 18 percent of adults 16 to 65 years old in the United States
struggle with basic reading and comprehension, according to the U.S. Department
of Education. So today is also a good day to applaud a local program that has
been working to improve adult literacy in Ventura County for more than three
decades.
The Ventura County library system’s READ Adult Literacy Program — featured in a Star
story last week — has been offering free help with reading and writing for
English-speaking adults since 1984. It trains volunteers to provide weekly,
one-on-one reading and writing tutoring for adults, with sessions held at
libraries, schools, jails and other facilities throughout the county. READ MORE @
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