Forum discusses whether or not literacy among young people is on the decline, and what to do about it.
Guests:
Linda Johnson, executive director of Streetside Stories, a San Francisco-based non-profit literacy program
Nineve Calegari, founding executive director of 826 Valencia, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting middle and high-school aged students with creative and expository writing skills
Nina Perez, Streetside Stories student
Belinda Man, 826 Valencia student
Susan Neuman, professor of education at the University of Michigan and former assistant U.S. secretary of education
LeVar Burton, host of PBS's "Reading Rainbow" and national chair of PBS KIDS' "Share-A-Story"
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