i saw a post a little while ago that was so shocking I had to look into it further.

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i saw a post a little while ago that was so shocking I had to look into it further. These stats on literacy are really disturbing.

Literacy Statistics 2022-2023

Literacy Data and its impact on the Nation • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children • 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022 • 54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level • 45 million are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level • 44% of the American adults do not read a book in a year • The Top 3 states for highest child literacy rates were Massachusetts, Maryland

National Literacy (www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com)

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