54% of adults in the United States have prose literacy below the 6th-grade level
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#2Relevant classic from 2009: https://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/07/stupider-than-you-rea...
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#3And they vote. Go figure. Maybe schools should teach literacy skills and other useful subjects. Just a thought.
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#4And they vote. Go figure. Maybe schools should teach literacy skills and other useful subjects. Just a thought.
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#5And they vote. Go figure. Maybe schools should teach literacy skills and other useful subjects. Just a thought.
You act like people that struggle with reading aren't capable of making a decision between usually only two candidates. Seriously, a 6th grade has enough brain capacity to vote in American politics. Also, schools do teach literacy but a lot of funding gets sent to private schools and suburbs while large inner city schools get underfunded. There are also racial issues, where people of other races have continued to be impacted economically from past issues with race and so they end up being sent to schools in low-income areas where literacy rates are worse. I don't think the issue is soley on teachers, but I can tell you firsthand that many teachers just stopped trying with COVID-19 and didn't follow up to ensure kids were progressing.
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#7It's interesting that one of the richest countries on earth has such low education standards
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#9It's hard to tell from Wikipedia what the 6th-grade reading level is and how its measured. Google points me to Flesch Reading Ease. Not a very precise formula...
If I remember correctly, the NYTimes is written for the 8th-grade level. Similarly, many hospitals/healthcare facilities don't allow writing above the 8th-grade level. So, expressive, detailed, and stylized writing are all easily possible at the 8th-grade level. In fact, I probably write at the 8th-grade level, albeit less clearly.
What's the gap between an 8th grade reader and a 6th grade reader?
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#10It's interesting that one of the richest countries on earth has such low education standards
An uneducated population is easier to persuade to vote against its own interests.