Michigan’s “Third Grade Guarantee” law is preparing to take effect, but statistics showing the vast majority of Detroit Public School third-graders aren’t meeting grade-level reading goals, school administrators are worried about the future of the state.

The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education’s Co-Founder Jeanne Jeup recently shared her thoughts on the urgent need for a true investment in literacy education in an op-ed published in The Detroit News. Read it below.