Aulden Dunipace, managing director of The Learning Partnership, a not-for-profit learning organization, says a big problem in Great Britain is that kids are not getting the required learning and attention at home before they come to school, as reported in a recent Guardian article. "Primary-school teachers will continue to face the thankless task of attempting to engage unengagable pupils. The government must address both the parenting and early-years issues seriously."

It is the same complaint we hear stateside. How are teachers supposed to teach students who are ill-prepared and often unwilling to learn?

It takes countless hours of instruction and practice for a child to learn to read. When you account for the fact that a teacher only has a child for a few hours a day, and that day includes lunch, recess, and other subjects, teachers alone cannot teach every child how to read. It takes help at home, after-school, and elsewhere. This philosophy is a guiding principle at Learning A–Z. By delivering our products over the Internet, and pricing them affordably, we give children learning resources they can take home and increase their opportunities to learn.