Quotes About Literacy

The achievement of high universal literacy is the key to all other fundamental improvements in American education.

You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R.

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.

The most common and the monstrous defect in the education of the day is that children fail to acquire the habit of reading.

My Alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.

Education is education, be it verbal or written.

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

Teaching children to read was one thing; keeping them interested in reading was something else.

literacy is at the heart of sustainable development

Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people.

At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the problems of the world - come to a single word. That word is "education."

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college.

Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.

I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. My parents didn't really read. Neither one of my parents went to college. I did not grow up with any literature in the house at all.

School is about who you know, but I think it's a form of brainwashing. I learnt to read and write and that was enough.

I love libraries, as anyone who has a brain does.

It's really important that we look after our libraries.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

My parents were really poor. We never bought books because you could go to the library. It would be stupid to buy one.

We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is obsessed with reading and books, so it's really sweet. She has her own little personal library.

We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.

There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.

There's a very low amount of data literacy around people.