For a student to have a great-quality academic career, one must have a high-quality education from preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, particularly in reading. Kids who do not develop basic literacy skills by the time they go to school are three to four times more likely to drop out of school in later years. While children who are read to for at least 20 minutes a day are exposed to 1.2 million words of text every year.  This infographic states the basic literacy facts.