Closing The Harry Potter Divide. “Yes, our fourth graders do not score well on basic reading tests. Recent news stories tell of schools buying laptop computers
(approximate cost, $1500 each) for students to take home. We have a better
idea. For a cost of only $6 per student (approximately what you might pay for a
danish and double latte, or your fuel costs to drive your SUV 50 to 60 miles), every
fourth grader in America can be equipped with a paperback copy of the first Harry
Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” This will help close the great
Harry Potter divide in America, where more than 60% of fourth grade students have
limited or no access to Harry Potter, a proven reading motivation program that
works particularly well with the difficult audience of young boys.”