Former Secretary of the Army Pete Geren told Newsmax on Friday that parents must be aware of the ongoing child literacy “crisis” in the United States, noting that “most of our kids do not read proficiently” according to recent data.

Geren, the chief executive of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, told “Newsline” that the organization is working to promote child literacy and “alert parents” about the declining reading proficiency rates among children in the U.S.

“Every two years, we get the Nation’s Report Card,” the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a federal assessment of students across the country, “and we’re reminded that not some of our kids, but most of our kids do not read proficiently.”

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