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What’s “The average American reads at an 8th grade level” mean in practice? A worryingly concise explanation.

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨videos@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aALT9cvlvoI

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  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This demonstrates the issues the US has pretty well. Stuff like MAGA can only work on a large scale when people react only emotionally, not intellectually to information they are exposed to.

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  • toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thanks, i hate it. Not the video, that was good. Instead, the situation it describes.

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    • TehBamski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Support your local Teachers then. Get involved by learning about the issues your school district is going through. Learn about what teachers are required to do for each class. Voice your opinion at public meetings. If you can, help by volunteering to help a kid or kids, read, write, or work out math problems. Vote on local issues and for your locals. It’s not true for every school district in the US, but there are sometimes positions that the public vote on for school district based things. All and all… it doesn’t have to be like this. But don’t feel down and out if it seems like you’re the only one who cares or is doing something about the issues/problems at hand. So many people work outside the public eye, to better things for the students in schools around the world. If I had a wand and could change one thing in this world that had to do with Education, it would be for the public to become fully aware and knowledgeable of what actually happens on every level of teaching in public schools.

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  • kalkulat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “reading” is not so common as it once was. what kind of reading are we talking about - fiction, non-fiction? Anyway, the number I’m seeing says that the US reads at a 10th-grade level, which is average in the world.

    nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1

    When it comes to non-fiction, today there are other ways of getting information. Youtube for one. Where learning from experts may just be better than reading a book.

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