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Re:Deschooling Society (1970) by jengleton on Monday July 13, 2020 @10:55PM (#23827992)
The illiteracy rate in the US is really quite incredible, with the federal government reporting something like 20% of the population to be "low literacy"

https://nces.ed.gov/datapoints/2019179.asp

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Re:Deschooling Society (1970) by ljf on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:17AM (#23829367)
Wow - I really thought the first gp in this thread must be wrong, and then researched the UK and we are similar - around 20 to 25 percent. Blows my mind - it appears the levels haven't changed much since the 40s in the UK - which shocked me.
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