Family Literacy Centers of Springfield

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““To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” ”

—Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

“"The children of illiterates die young. Mothers and fathers don't know how to care for their babies' health. Men and women can't get good jobs. That's all because they can't read. These illiterate men and women around the globe are like people who cannot speak. They have no voice in their government. They cannot write to their leaders. They cannot tell about their needs. The illiterates of the world are the silent prisoners of their illiteracy. We can't hear them cry out. We don't know they are in pain."”

—Dr. Frank C. Laubach, "Apostle to the Silent Billion"

President & Founder Charlie Johnson

charlie@springfieldfamilyliteracy.org

Charlie Johnson, M.S. Ed., is a Republic High School special education teacher and educational consultant. Charlie is the president and founder of Family Literacy Centers of Springfield, Inc., a non-profit organization that has partnered with the faith community, the business community, and local governmental agencies to promote literary, mathematics, and life skills to ethnically/racially diverse children and adults. Charlie’s research in the area of reading acquisition for students with disabilities has been presented at the Midwest Symposium for the Leadership of Behavioral Disorders, the Missouri State Conference for the Council for Exceptional Children, the Missouri State Conference for the Learning Disabilities Association, and for the Editorial Board for New Readers Press, Syracuse, NY, publisher of adult and children literacy books and a division of ProLiteracy Worldwide. Charlie’s research won the Missouri State University Graduate Forum’s Best Session. Charlie is also the president of Teaching Solutions, LLC, an educational consulting company that offers school districts and parents training in reading acquisition and tutoring services for students; with a focus on remediation of skills for students with disabilities. Charlie and his wife Kerri have one son, Cameron and Charlie is the co-pastor of his church, Christ Exalted Ministries, Inc.

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