Edging Toward Democracy
The Roles of Informal Learning Organizations in a Literacy Ecosystem
By Meghan C. Orman & Shannon B. Wanless
Literacy development is important for children’s academic, social, and economic well-being (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2019). Yet racial inequities in reading proficiency persist: 82 percent of Black fourth graders did not read proficiently in 2019, compared to 55 percent of White students (National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2019).
