The Mission of the EDNA Reading Programs

Reading is the most important academic skill taught; all other subjects are dependent on it.  Reading opens up a whole new world for children... one that is filled with fun, excitement, promise, and hope for the future.  On the other hand, when a child does not understand traditional reading instruction, the road to reading can become an impossible, frustrating journey that seems forever out of reach.

As elementary school educators, our most important goal is to teach children to read.  Next, and equally as important, is to teach them to read early before they begin to falter and 'slip through the cracks'.

The effects of reading deficiency on children, adolescents and eventually adults, are significant, profound...

85% of all juvenile offenders have problems reading;¹

60% of America's prison inmates are illiterate;²

75% of unemployed adults have reading and writing difficulties.³

This problem is not a result of poor reading curriculums or inadequate classroom instruction.  Rather, the fact is more than 30% of children need an alternate method of reading instruction.  The standard methods taught in today's classrooms simply do not work for this ever-growing segment of at-risk readers.

There is an effective solution: EDNA, Early Detection Necessary Action, an innovative reading program for at-risk children developed by renowned reading expert Edna Goble.

"Putting reading within reach" is the founding and guiding mission of EDNA.  The results of the program are dramatic: thousands of former at-risk readers have overcome their reading deficiencies and are now able to read at grade level because of EDNA.  Further, the program guarantees that every at-risk child in grades K through 3 will learn to read.

If you would like additional information about our programs, please give us a call at 800-279-6983 or e-mail at edna@t2read.com. 

1.  U.S. Department of Education
2.  U.S. Department of Education
3.  Kozol