[lbo-talk] U.S. working class: buncha morons

[Matthew Snyder]

Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> quoted CG&C:
> ·        50% of the U.S. population aged 16-65 is functionally illiterate.

This statistic is, ironically, based on a rather poor reading of the
NALS report from which it's drawn.  The real number is significantly
lower.

See, for example,: 

  http://archive.ala.org/alonline/crawford/cf602.html

  http://nces.ed.gov/naal/resources/92results.asp

Hopefully the updated version of the study, due in May of this year,
will provide clearer data on which to base conclusions.

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Matthew Snyder
Philadelphia, PA