TheLastHero [none/use name]

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  • I agree that Amerikkka needs Maoist style literacy drives but this organization does seem somewhat biased and unfactual. The stats don't line up with other ones. Literacy in the US is bad, but these numbers are from the National Literacy Institute, a for-profit education consulting company. US DoE has the number closer to 21% for all levels of low English literacy. Pretty bad, but nearly a third of what this consultant company says. Even then, only 8.4% are below level 1, which is functionally illiterate. Add on these numbers are all for English literacy specifically. Over third of those with insufficient English literacy are born outside the US. It's conjecture, but many of them may be able to read in their native languages and not in English.