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More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean? (hexbear.net)

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Like, in a practical sense? Do you have any stories or examples from your life?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It means,,sadly, that the US education system is doing precisely what it was intended to do. Sigh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I imagine a lot of the lib discourse of this either avoids the education funding model (rich areas get better schools) or views it as either inevitable or good. If you're a "middle class" lib in a rich area, maybe everyone around you hasn't gone to a school with very little funding, everyone around you has gone to uni etc.

Still intentional.