Literacy in Brazil is a major problem. Of the 28 million students enrolled, 50 percent scored below the basic proficiency level in the 2012 PISA international assessment tests. According to the Instituto Paulo Montenegro, 27 percent of Brazilian adults are functionally illiterate. Text comprehension is vital to literacy because it enables readers to engage with information and acquire new knowledge. When Danielle Brants realized that text comprehension, or lack thereof, was a major contributor to
This social enterprise is creating a ‘new generation of readers’ in Brazil
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