White House Conference on Global Literacy

[U.S. Department of Educat]

Secretary Spellings joined First Lady Laura Bush at the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in New York City. Secretary Spellings hosted a panel on Mother-Child Literacy and Intergenerational Learning. Here are her prepared remarks.

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I applaud her in her effort in literacy. I believe knowing how to read is one of the things you cannot go in life without. I could not imagine not knowing how to read. The sad fact is though it happens all the time, someone getting all the way through school and not being able to read.