If you’re wondering how we got here, just remember that almost half of Americans read below a 6th grade level and that the war on education from the Right persists.
Source: https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
Source: https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
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With time, things only became worse...
(I was an early reader; 12th grade level by the end of third grade...)
Donald Trump.
Education does more than just improve grades.
It improves empathy, critical thinking skills, exposure to different perspectives.
It teaches us history and how to learn from it.
The more we learn, the better we become as people and as humans.
The countries with the highest? Here's an AI response:
Finland
Andorra
North Korea
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Latvia:
Estonia
Belarus
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Almost half of voting Americans voted for Trump.
Hmmmmm.... 🤪
Not holding my breath.
Those are shocking figures.
If you have kids, read to them, until they pick up the habit!
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States 2012-14 study:
Adults born outside the U.S. make up 34% of adults with low literacy skills while making up only 15% of the population. However, of the adults with low English literacy skills, 66% were born in the U.S.