Tue
Sep 17 2024
02:34 pm
According to The Literacy Project, 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and cannot read above a fifth-grade level. New data also shows one out of every two adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level.
New data shows number of adults who can't read has grown in the U.S.
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