This is generally correct. Half of American adults cannot read beyond a 6th or 7th grade level, right around the level of something like The Hunger Games or a normal non-op-ed newspaper article that doesn't deal with a subject that is too complex. In fact, that's why news articles are written to that level: That they should be decipherable to the most literate half of the country and capable of being explained to the next 10% most literate below that curve if they take the time and pull out a dictionary.
Truly how will we get them to read theory when literally half of the country would consider Harry Potter, The Magic Tree House, Goosebumps, or even Diary of a Wimpy Kid to be a challenging read at the very limits of their capabilities, if not outright too difficult for them.
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This is generally correct. Half of American adults cannot read beyond a 6th or 7th grade level, right around the level of something like The Hunger Games or a normal non-op-ed newspaper article that doesn't deal with a subject that is too complex. In fact, that's why news articles are written to that level: That they should be decipherable to the most literate half of the country and capable of being explained to the next 10% most literate below that curve if they take the time and pull out a dictionary.
Truly how will we get them to read theory when literally half of the country would consider Harry Potter, The Magic Tree House, Goosebumps, or even Diary of a Wimpy Kid to be a challenging read at the very limits of their capabilities, if not outright too difficult for them.