In a city where 53 percent of adults have low-to-limited literacy skills and a student with poor reading skills is five times more likely to drop out of high school, creative tween website MashPlant.com, Open Books and Chicago Tribune have joined forces to address youth and teen literacy in Chicago.
The "Make Your Mark" on Literacy Fundraising Campaign, which takes its name from a song created by MashPlant.com for the flash mob staged this summer ...