by Miami Herald | September 23, 2025
Forty-one percent. That’s the share of Miami-Dade public school students in grades 3-10 who can read proficiently today.
Flip the number and you see the crisis: Nearly six out of 10 kids are falling behind. When children can’t read by third grade, their chances of catching up plummet – and Miami-Dade loses future entrepreneurs, teachers, engineers, and leaders.
This is why we signed on as founding board members of the Partnership for Miami: to ensure the business community steps up on the issues that will decide our city’s future. Education stands at the center, because every other dream for Miami rests on whether our kids succeed in school.