It is important for schools to have books that have stories that reflect both the population of the school and the diversity of the people.
We believe that if kids, especially kids from marginalized communities, read stories that reflect their own experiences and language, they will become better and more involved readers.
The achievement gap in public education can only be addressed if the system puts additional time and resources into children that will spark their imagination and connects their talents and passions to real-world opportunity. This is not the silver bullet to solving the reading and writing gap, but this seems like a very exciting method to address the problem.