America's problem with reading

While parents and educators have been focusing on home-schooling and getting kids back in the classroom, another crisis has been brewing. American kids have a serious problem with reading. 25 million children are affected by the literacy crisis in the US. In 2019, 2/3 of 4th graders were not proficient readers, and as kids move through school that gap widens.

We speak to people trying to bridge that gap: Eliana Godoy, Executive Director of Literacy INC New York, a charity that promotes reading in underserved communities and Hank Fein & Nancy Nelson both of the National Center for Improving Literacy.