Second lady's 2025 reading challenge targets declining reading scores among students

America's 2nd woman Usha Vance has announced the "Summer Reading Challenge," encouraging children crossed the state to unfastened up a publication this summer.

"Adventure, imagination, and find await – close betwixt the pages of a book," writes the 2nd woman successful a letter.

"We are excited to invitation each children (K-8) to enactment successful the Second Lady's 2025 Summer Reading Challenge," the missive continues.

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Children are encouraged to work 12 books of their prime betwixt June 1 and Sept. 5 — and way their advancement done a speechmaking log issued by the White House.

Nicole Reeves, communications manager for the 2nd lady, told Fox News Digital that Mrs. Vance is precise excited to denote this task successful the anticipation of engaging young readers passim the summer. 

The 2025 Summer Reading Challenge has present been launched by America's 2nd woman Usha Vance successful an effort to boost children's speechmaking skills. (iStock)

"It is indispensable that we promote our younker to proceed learning extracurricular of the classroom, and this situation provides an fantabulous accidental to bash so," Reeves added.

In the log of their progress, students indispensable database the publication titles and author, the day they finished speechmaking the books, and a little reflection astir the favourite publication they read.  their favourite publication that was read. 

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The National Center for Education Statistics recovered successful a 2022 study that the mean speechmaking scores among 9-year-old students declined 5 points compared to 2020, marking the largest mean people diminution successful speechmaking since 1990.

Second woman Usha Vance encourages children to work 12 books this summertime for prizes. (KENNY HOLSTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Approximately 40% of U.S. students cannot work astatine a basal level, according to the National Literacy Institute. 

It was besides recovered that astir 70% of low-income 4th people students cannot work astatine a basal level.

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The institute besides recovered that "struggling readers" endure some socially and emotionally. 

Reading promotes affirmative intelligence wellness outcomes, helping trim stress and anxiety, according to the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).

Approximately 40% of U.S. students cannot work astatine a basal level. (iStock, REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Children who implicit the Second Lady's 2025 Summer Reading Challenge volition person a personalized certificate and a tiny prize.

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They volition besides beryllium entered successful a drafting for a accidental to visit Washington, D.C., with a chaperone.