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literacy Archives - ERA Coalition

More than 30 million adults in the United States cannot read, write, or do basic math above a third-grade level (ProLiteracy). Children whose parents have low ...

Crisis of Confidence | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

During the past three years I've spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the government, our nation's economy, ...

Let's talk about the literacy crisis in America and how this affects s...

726 Likes, 23 Comments. TikTok video from Scholarship Guru (@espdaniella): “Let's talk about the literacy crisis in America and how this ...

Schools brace for 'profound toll' of book bans, low literacy – Reckon

Per the report, low-income and BIPOC kids had it worse. About 56% of Black, 50% Latino, and 57% of American Indian or Alaskan Native fourth ...

Poll: A majority of Americans believe U.S. democracy is in crisis - NPR

National · The clear and present danger of Trump's enduring 'Big Lie' · Deep partisan divisions about what happened on Jan. · Republican support ...

The Surprising State of Middle School Literacy—And What ... - Lexia

Sixty-nine percent of eighth grade students are “non-proficient” readers. Uncover the causes behind this adolescent literacy crisis.

The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy - World Literacy Foundation

An estimated total of £81.312 billion is lost to the UK economy each year. •. Individuals and businesses lose a total of about £58 billion through lower ...

Solving the Reading Crisis in Our Schools - The Santa Barbara ...

Reading Instruction — A major reason for the low literacy rates of our children has been the use of the “Balanced Literacy” instructional ...

The importance of media literacy - Reading Partners

Changing sentiments. Media literacy is a subject that has historically been neglected in the American school system. A recent survey by Media ...

Capitol Comments: Student literacy is in crisis; why isn't this a state ...

Can we fathom the seriousness of this issue? Over half of Minnesota schoolchildren cannot read at grade level! There are about 1 million school- ...

Illiteracy in America is the real national crisis | Guest Columns

Each instructor must be well-educated and passionate about teaching in order to increase the students' literacy levels, no matter the discipline ...

Opinion | The Education Crisis Neither Candidate Will Address

There is evidence that this generation of K-12 students has not fully recovered academically — and may never do so. Test scores on core subjects ...

Low health literacy: Implications for managing cardiac patients in ...

Approximately 80 million adults in the United States are estimated to have limited or low health literacy. Although a number of studies have explored health ...

The state of literacy; how bad are things and why does it matter?

This means that literacy is not just an educational issue. It is a social issue and it is an economic issue. It affects every single one of us ( ...

The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we ...

In addition, the fact that the shortage is distributed so unevenly among students of different socioeconomic backgrounds challenges the U.S. ...

America's Education Crisis Is a National Security Threat

Although population growth is now slowing almost everywhere (and depopulation is an emerging reality for some countries), the overall pace of ...

In A 2020 Washington Post Article By Denise Cave - IPL.org

"The Literacy Crisis in the U.S. is Deeply Concerning—and Totally Preventable." EdTrust, 5 July 2024, edtrust.org/blog/the-literacy-crisis-in-the-u-s-is ...

Why the Adult Education World Is Overdue In Embracing ... - The 74

Adults are not only less cute than children; fewer education dollars are allotted to them, fewer teachers and schools are concerned with them, ...

Adult Literacy in America - National Center for Education Statistics

more fully in forthcoming reports on literacy among older adults and on literacy and education. Page 56. Section I ...... 31. Average Literacy Proficiencies, by ...

NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment Results: Reading and ...

Average scores for age 9 students in 2022 declined 5 points in reading and 7 points in mathematics compared to 2020. This is the largest average score decline ...