Writing can give a new level of appreciation and understanding to the reading process and build enthusiasm and love of the printed word. Raise literacy awareness with your secondary education students of all disciplines. You cannot study biology, or physics, or computer science, or history, or math if you cannot read. We are at a crisis point and we are all responsible for getting and keeping our young people reading. Teachers of all disciplines can find pertinent publications and books to read aloud from in a variety of class situations and reading activities should be encouraged in all disciplines.
Many libraries offer a wide variety of activities for younger children.
Building middle school and teen outreach is essential in order to keep our children reading. Work with your library support group to sponsor poetry slams and coffee houses for teens. Get teen volunteers to teach younger children to use computers in the library for research and pleasure. Stress that reading is enjoyable and entertaining as well as informative. If you are a school administrator Work to build faculty and curriculum connections between the public schools in your district and all the preschool programs which feed into your school system.