Dear Washington...

4% of #children have been affected by foreclosure since 2007 @aecfkidscount 

By 2018, more than 63 percent of prime-age workers will need some type of postsecondary instruction. (http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/FullReport.pdf)

60% of the nation’s 4^th, 8^th and 12^th grade #students perform below grade level in reading and/or math @ChildDefender

11% of #children in 2010 had at least one #unemployed parent @aecfkidscount