_pi@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoNew Literacy Statistics Just Dropped, and it's grim. 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labelswww.thenationalliteracyinstitute.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down12
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkNew Literacy Statistics Just Dropped, and it's grim. 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labelswww.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com_pi@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoAnother way that you can watch the degredation of the American brain over time is by looking at the Flesch-Kincaid reading levels of major Presidential speeches over time.
Another way that you can watch the degredation of the American brain over time is by looking at the Flesch-Kincaid reading levels of major Presidential speeches over time.