I believe there should be more funding for early literacy in K to 3 and teacher professional learning.
It is important to increase the funding of Kβ12 education to improve the literacy rates of students.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/whats-driving-decline-in-u-s-literacy-rates/
Estimated historical #LiteracyRates, 1451 to 1701
I was looking for data on global historical literacy rates and this is something I found. Needless to say, the estimates are prone to large uncertainties but it is sobering to see that that before the 16th century, over 80% or populations were #illiterate. This would have meant that they were condemned to #poverty and prone to manipulation and subjugation by those in power, including religious organizations.
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I recently read about how over half of the American population is at Level 1 Literacy (Grade 6 or lower). Together with how low the population is in some States, Trump and American political outcomes makes lots of sense in a dark #Absurdist way.π As a retired Canadian teacher (English, Developmental Literacy, Media Literacy, & Special Ed), I am struck with pity, despair, and anger. #America is being barely held together with spit and baling wire. Just how is it still standing? 
#Literacy #LiteracyLevels #LiteracyRates #LiteracyMatters #AmericanLiteracy #Reading #ReadingLevels #AmericanPolitics #AmericanPopulation
About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.
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