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My students all qualify as low-income in a school with a population that African American and Hispanic. Research on the challenges such students face show that the odds are stacked against these students. According to ProLiteracy, "There is a clear correlation between adult illiteracy and crime. More than 45 percent of all inmates in local jails, 40 percent in state facilities, and 27 percent in federal corrections institutions did not graduate from high school. Inmates age 24 and younger are less educated." For students, literacies--reading, information, and cultural--provide pathways toward meaningful work and higher education that are the most important factors in improving socio-economic standing and decreasing the likeliness of gang membership, criminal activity, and incarceration. More than 75% of my current students read below grade level, and illiteracy at such an early grade inhibits future progress.

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My students all qualify as low-income in a school with a population that African American and Hispanic. Research on the challenges such students face show that the odds are stacked against these students. According to ProLiteracy, "There is a clear correlation between adult illiteracy and crime. More than 45 percent of all inmates in local jails, 40 percent in state facilities, and 27 percent in federal corrections institutions did not graduate from high school. Inmates age 24 and younger are less educated." For students, literacies--reading, information, and cultural--provide pathways toward meaningful work and higher education that are the most important factors in improving socio-economic standing and decreasing the likeliness of gang membership, criminal activity, and incarceration. More than 75% of my current students read below grade level, and illiteracy at such an early grade inhibits future progress.

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