Is America More Literate Today or Less than in the 90's
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Is America More Literate Today or Less than in the 90's - illiteracy in america - In 1993, the US Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook published that the United States had a 97.9% literacy rate;[4] and 99.99% in 2008. - It has been estimated that areas in the United States with higher immigrant populations have the lowest literacy rates in the country. - A study released recently could question higher education in the US, because it not only questions Americans' literacy, but also taps into concerns in some quarters about the country's declining standing in the world. - The Survey of Adult Skills by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows that despite having higher than average levels of educational attainment, adults in the United States have below-average basic literacy and numeracy skills. - The U.S. ranked 16th out of 23 countries in literacy proficiency, 21st in numeracy proficiency, and 14th in problem solving in technology-rich environments, according to the OECD survey. - High School Graduation Rate Hits 40-Year Peak in the U.S. 90% HS graduation rate in US - however, reporting for Blacks is still hovering around 50% or 62% depending on whom you talk to, but it's all false data. For Blacks they do not count Blacks who might leave school for more than a week and later return. This is unique only to Blacks. Everyone else is counted in full. - adults with high school children more educated than them - 6th grade educated Boeing engineer that designs planes - illegal aliens steadily bring down the literacy rate in the US. and they say all illiterate adults earn below the poverty line.
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I also think with the immigrant issue, is that they come from cultures that have different languages. So their young people have way more to learn, and it can be an uphill climb for them. But they are far from "illiterate". In fact they end up being bi-lingual. But, somehow, that is also not factored in.
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Do separatist groups :Black Panthers,Amish,home schoolers,communes,religious schools fare better than in public schools?
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Survey says: LESS illiterate now than 20 years ago, technology helps make the retarding process much easier.
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I remember when I was in 6th grade, the principal asked a few students to move some books/equipment from one storage room to another. The old books from the 40's had chemistry and physics (I didn't understand at the time) that I was later taught in High School. Get your hands on a textbook from the 30's, read the concepts they were teaching the students then, compare it to the homework your kids have now...... will shock you how much the curriculum has been dumbed down
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i'm among the best readers i personally i often find myself reading to groups of coworkers(by no means am i the smartest) and the older folks definitely can read and comprehend much much better than the young folks, also i find foreigners among the smartest having had generally a much better education in their own country..though obviously their English skill of course is less..i am not reffering to illegal aliens
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I was just talking to an old head yesterday he was telling me his dad couldn't read or write but knew the bible like the back of his hand and could read blueprints and build and figure problems... Pretty amazing
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why would you expect anything different ,you have read agenda 21, the last thing those in control at the moment want is an educated society not gona happen the sad part is deep inside every person in this country is the belief that although they see what is happening,they believe there is good in all these people ,when you here bush describe the n,w,o, it sounds like an honest up front plan ,not the law of the jungle ,which is what they have created people don,t seem to understand there is no reson to hide good ideas they trust the gov to educate there children if you pay attention to the kids that have been tested and look at how many are put on drugs to help them kids that 10yrs ago they called gifted and talented ,I know some of these they are about useless in the work place pull lever down press button that is it do not change it at all or they will fall apart they have no idea how the lever works creative thinking has been taken away they are unable to connect the dots I tried to warn many people who thought they had the next einstien but when the school says your child is going to be great who are you going to listen too ,so now our little potential president can not even pump gas without having problems ect,,,,,
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