Leveling the Playing Field: Why We Use Gamified Learning to Break the Literacy Barrier
Can you read this? Then you are one of the lucky ones. Our Mission: Literacy as a Human Right Sometimes it feels like organizations, politicians, and educators are just sounding the gong on the literacy issue for no reason. As an average citizen who can read, it often seems impossible that there are real people […]
Mission Lumen Co-Founder Speaks on Personal Struggles and The U.S. Illiteracy Crisis
Co-founder of Mission Lumen, Emilie Rezendes, shares the why behind the game. My Story If your answer to any of those questions was “yes,” then my story might be similar to yours. The beginning of my life was nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. I was born into a middle-class family, like many Americans. […]
5 Reasons Why U.S. Illiteracy Rates are Rising That No One Reads About
Students in the United States are struggling to read at a basic level, and it’s a growing problem. The rising illiteracy rates in the United States are startling, if not outright worrisome. According to a September 2025 article by The Harvard Gazette, “40-percent of fourth graders and about a third of eighth graders” are failing to meet even the basic level of reading proficiency. Think about that for a second. One […]