Sam spent a good portion of his adult life exposing the deliberately dumbing down of America and teaching people to not just read but be literate. In this unpublished manuscript which we plan to put in print, Sam lays out the problem and solutions. The first step is to get your children out of government schools.
http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/Manuscripts/How%20to%20Raise%20a%20Literate%20Child.pdf