Last year, Deloitte issued a study on “The State of Literacy in Georgia.” The results were not great. Among the findings: one in six Georgia adults have low literacy skills, adults with low literacy cost Georgia $1.26 billion in social services and lost tax revenue, and Georgians with low literacy earn an average of $10,000 less than adults with a high school diploma. At the grade school level 65% of 3rd grade students can’t read proficiently and children whose parents have low literacy levels have a 72% chance of being at the lowest reading level.
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