54% of adults in the U.S. have a literacy below the 6th grade level. Doesn't it seem like we need to address this before we can expect a greater exodus from political ideologies and fundamentalist churches that prey on the weak minded? People need to read more.
@WhyRWeHere99 how does this even happen, school is free til 12th grade, so it's not economics. why ? Is the education system so broken that we can't entice children beyond 6th grade?
@WhyRWeHere99 you have a source for this? I don’t doubt it but would like to read the details.
@WhyRWeHere99 Curious if there's a particular age group this applies to? Also were they all educated here in the US?
@WhyRWeHere99 You need to put education in the hands of the educated, not organizations with vested interests. Look at Singapore and Finland. Centralized curriculum planning and expert teachers have made them the best performers on the PISA rankings.
@WhyRWeHere99 I tried teaching high school. Half my 10th grade class couldn't write a paragraph. They copy and pasted on the internet