Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with comprehension

Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by cesaref on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:54AM (#42318001)

'These numbers include all children of middle school age, not just those who attend school.'

I think the low scores are telling you more about the pressure on children in poorer countries to work to support their families, rather than the quality of teaching when they are able to attend school.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by eddsolves on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:56AM (#42318029)

True, but numbers are surprisingly bad in the US, Sweden, and in England (lived all three so still follow the local news and seen stories about this in the last two weeks).

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by Cumpiler69 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:59AM (#42318078)

>but numbers are surprisingly bad in the US, Sweden, and in England

Kids in rich countries have their brain fried from watching Cocomelon, Youtube Kids and Tiktok. They've been spawn-camped by ad-tech. Gotta get them when they're young.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by Aurornis on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:06AM (#42318150)

The numbers have been going up as those things have been introduced, not down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42318019

HN blames social media for everything, but this clearly isn’t it.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by eschulz on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:20AM (#42319003)

I think many kids growing up today in developing countries also have their brains fried by the same ad-tech.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by Cumpiler69 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @03:22AM (#42326113)

Kids in developing countries have pretty hard parents who beat productive values like education into them.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by runako on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:03AM (#42318132)

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=38

The US scores are relatively consistent going back over a half-century. TikTok and Cocomelon are not the culprits.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by Cumpiler69 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:06AM (#42318152)

Sweden and England have had a lot of immigration from places with deficient education and low IQ.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by slaw on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:42AM (#42318536)

Do you think it is the same reason for Reverse Flynn Effect? IQ scores are dropping in western countries.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by peterfirefly on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @01:48PM (#42320608)

It can't NOT cause falling IQ scores.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by Cumpiler69 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @06:49AM (#42327245)

Yeah, but you can't say unpopular facts on HN, because it's offensive to the champagne liberals, so downvoted/flagged you go.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by peterfirefly on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:20AM (#42337253)

My top-level comment hasn't been downvoted or flagged so things are getting better :)

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by Suppafly on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @05:27PM (#42322740)

Yeah, it's concerning, but not particularly relevant to those of us in places where children are required to go to school. I want to know what percentage of children, who can read and attend school, can't comprehend what they are reading.

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Re:Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with compre... by graemep on Thursday December 05, 2024 @10:16AM (#42328996)

In developed countries kids who are not going to school are probably still getting an education. it is a legal requirement in the UK (for example) that parents ensure kids get a "suitable and efficient education".

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