Summary
A new survey by the National Center for Education Statistics reveals that 28% of U.S. adults perform at the lowest levels of literacy, up from 19% in 2017, with a growing gap between top-skilled and lowest-skilled individuals.
The Survey of Adult Skills, which compares literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving abilities across over two dozen countries, found the U.S. remained average as many nations experienced similar declines.
NCES Commissioner Peggy Carr noted these low scores indicate functional illiteracy, affecting basic life and work tasks, though the exact causes of the decline remain unclear.
This is by design, a dumber population is easier to control by the few.
A educated population is beneficial to society as a whole.
That’s why the Dept of Education is getting dismantled in the next four years and returning it “back to the states” so that they can privatize things and profit from it.
Damn it feels good to be a
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