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Letter: Early reading skills are vital to lift children into a better future
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Gainesville Middle School eighth-graders Damarrie Hayes, left, and Lake Shelton read in the school's media center Friday, May 11, 2018. - photo by Scott Rogers
According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. That’s 14 percent of the population with 21 percent of adults in the U.S. reading below a fifth-grade level.