179 Quotes About Literacy

Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought of opening a novel before. There's nothing like a shovelful of dirt to encourage literacy.

The aim of education is growth: the aim of growth is more growth

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

Literacy is so you can read the operating instructions.

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.

There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.

We are trying to teach literature and literacy in a society which doesn't value it any more.