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Comment by lm28469

17 hours ago

Almost a quarter of Americans are functional illiterate, and it's getting worse for new generations

50%+ have below sixth grade reading comprehension

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watwut  15 hours ago

This thing is not actually getting worst "for generations". By available data, it was improving a lot for generations with only minor drop.

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