Lawyers for Literacy help Florida kids improve reading skills

Lawyers for Literacy, a nonprofit based in Tampa Bay, Florida, has signed up nearly 40 lawyers, judges, and law students as well as eight schools for this year’s Read to Succeed tutoring program. The program is dedicated to keeping kids in school and out of the juvenile system by helping third–graders with below–average reading skills prepare for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and pass the third grade. It is scheduled to run from Nov. 28, 2007, to March 5, 2008. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 85% of children and teens in the juvenile system have below–average reading and comprehension skills, indicating a direct correlation between illiteracy and crime. For more information, visit this website.