Summary: Getting Children to Read. A large majority of children in the U.S. are not reading at grade level by the time they reach fourth grade and children from low-income families are most likely to fall behind. Failure to read proficiently at fourth grade is linked to higher rates of school dropout, low-paid jobs and even imprisonment. What’s been done to help struggling readers and children in low-income and immigrant communities? Guests: Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to President Obama, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, The White House, Washington, DC; María Flores, Board Member of the School District of Las Cruces, President of Children's Reading Foundation of Doña Ana County, Las Cruces, NM, www.readingfoundation.org ; Elizabeth Jiménez, Representative of the Project2Inspire, California Association for Bilingual Education, Los Angeles, CA, www.bilingualeducation.org/programs/2INSPIRE.php
