Philadelphia & Literacy

Literacy challenges faced by Philadelphia's public schools ultimately produces adults with deficiencies in reading, writing and comprehension.

 It is recorded that Philadelphia PA ranks at the bottom among large American cities in reading proficiency; Recent federal data reports, marginally 22 percent of Philadelphia PA residents aged 16 and older lack basic literacy skills. 52% of Philadelphia's adults are functionally illiterate, and 67% are low-literate, reading at a sixth- to eighth-grade level. Almost 40% of adult Philadelphians struggle to fill out a job application, to read doctors’ instructions on their medicines, and to help with their children’s homework. This Year VUOTS has given out over 250 book, to philadelphia PA youth & adults