A recent article, “FIFA Favors the Hard-Working,” explores how expanding opportunities can allow overlooked talent to rise and compete on the world stage.
Read it here:
https://forza.edreform.com/p/fifa-favors-the-hard-working
While the article focuses on international soccer, it raises a much bigger question: How do we develop talent in the first place?
The answer begins with reading.
Every community wants economic growth, a skilled workforce, and future leaders. But none of those goals can be achieved if children are not mastering basic literacy skills. Strong readers become strong learners. Strong learners become productive workers, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.
Just as FIFA’s success depends on developing talent long before players reach the World Cup stage, our success as a nation depends on developing readers long before they enter the workforce.
The statistics on reading proficiency in America should concern all of us. Too many students are advancing through school without the reading skills necessary to reach their full potential. Before we discuss college readiness, workforce development, or economic competitiveness, we should first ask whether our children can read at grade level.
Because if they can’t read, nothing else matters.
The FIFA article is worth reading because its lesson extends far beyond soccer. Opportunity matters. Hard work matters. But first, people must have the foundational skills necessary to succeed.
The world’s greatest athletes don’t appear overnight. Neither do great students, great workers, or great leaders. Every success story begins with a foundation—and that foundation is reading.
Read the full article here:
https://forza.edreform.com/p/fifa-favors-the-hard-working
