Opinion: Summertime is a crucial opportunity to bridge literacy gaps, as well as prevent further lapses in reading skills that could significantly hold children back from achieving their full potential, writes AmiraElghawaby
The main backdrop for the award-winning film “Scarborough” is a drop-in reading program at the neighbourhood school for low-income students and their caregivers.
In a 2016 analysis on skills and income released by Statistics Canada, the public agency demonstrated that “literacy skill level and household income are positively related,” with a difference of up to $35,000 between those with lower literacy skills and those who achieve higher levels. .” Not only were the results “concerning,” but the report noted that “the outcomes for students with special education needs , learning disabilities, boys, Black and other racialized students, multilingual students, students from low-income backgrounds, and Indigenous students are even more troubling.”
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