Not an encouraging statistic, but easy enough to believe. “In 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, while 54 percent of adults had a literacy below a sixth grade level,” according to a study cited by Newsweek on Jan 6th.
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Have y’all heard of the Reading Wars?

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I'm Canadian but watching what is happening south of me because Canada is in danger of following suit. I'm not poking fun at American literacy, it is pretty much the same here. However, the highlighted statistic explains a lot.

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