1. DE Literacy Coalition DE Department of Education September 16, 2011

2. Literacy Education for All, 2011

3. More than three out of four of those on welfare, 85% of unwed mothers and 68% of those arrested are illiterate. About three in five of America's prison inmates are illiterate. Washington Literary Council, 2011

4. National Adult Literacy Survey (2009) NCED, U.S. Department of Education

5. McQuillan, 2008

6. National Institute for Literacy, Fast Facts on Literacy, 2011

7. National Adult Literacy Survey of 2009

8. Getting Ready to Read, 2011

9. Department of Justice, 2007

10. First Book NYC, 2011

11. Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 2008

12. Journal of American Medical Association, 2009

13. The average student learns about 3,000 words per year in the early school years (8 words per day). First Book NYC, 2011

14. National Education Association, 2011

15. Department of Justice, 2009