seafoam_green@sh.itjust.workstoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How is it possible that roughly 50% of Americans can’t read above a 6th grade level and how are 21% just flat out illiterate?
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1 year agoThat’s correct (11 years old) - I do believe this, though (or at least that it’s mostly accurate). I don’t think we get a really clear picture of this group online - they’re probably not going to be posting a lot on the major text-focused social media networks (including facebook, for example).
To me it seems like it’s not so much about city vs. rural but about rich vs. poor. One thing that’s really fucked up to me is how school funding in the US is generally heavily based on the property taxes from the immediate area - so areas that are already rich get the best schools, and poorer areas have worse. I don’t believe the situation will change anytime soon, unfortunately.
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