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LM_NET colleagues, Terence Bynum asked me to forward this to the group since he's having trouble getting messages to go through: In trying to track this statistic down, I came across the following, from the Nov-Dec. 2002 issue of Leadership Magazine (v32, i2, p8). "America's prisons are filled with reminders of our schools' failure to realize the promise of success for all children. More than 80 percent of all those incarcerated in our country are functionally illiterate, lacking in personal management skills and inept in social functioning. At least a half-dozen states are today planning the number of prison cells they will need to build in the next two decades, based upon today's third and fourth grade reading scores! " It's from an article by John Jay Bonstingl-Expanding learning potential for all students-Copyright 2002 from the Association of California School Administrators. Where he got his info, I don't know. I seem to recall similar information from a video I watched for a reading teacher class. It was a speech by the then president or chair of the International Reading Association, Dick Allington. He gave the speeck within the last few years. Anyway, from all I've been able to find, I'm thinking this is true, and not an urban myth. "Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." Walter Cronkite Terry Bynum Media Specialist Stowe Elementary School Duluth, Mn. 55808 Terrance.Bynum@duluth.k12.mn.us 218-626-4500 X113 Bettie Fisher Media Specialist fisherb@aaps.k12.mi.us Eberwhite Elementary School Ann Arbor, MI 48103 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------