What can you do to solve America’s reading crisis — and stem the dropout crisis too? Start by joining a local reading to kids campaign or start your own group. Volunteer to read to children in your local schools. Work with teacher quality groups to advocate for improving the English instruction for aspiring teachers in ed schools. Demand that your school district improves its reading curricula and instruction practices. And foster choice, accountability and parent power.

Dropout Nation will list some resources that will help you get a start, starting with this podcast. Readers, you can join in as well by suggesting resources for improving literacy and reading proficiency. Let’s make this a reality.