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  • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    21% of adult Americans are considered to have low English literacy. Two thirds of these people were born in the US. This basically means they can read the words in a paragraph, but not understand the meaning of the paragraph. A further 4% are functionally illiterate.

    This is disgusting.

    Fuck “No Child Left Behind”. Kids shouldn’t pass elementary school without being able to deduce the meaning of a paragraph unless they have a mental disability. I don’t care if they have to repeat 5th grade three times. And of course any non passing student should be offered tutoring for free long before they get to the point of being held back.