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Think. Again.

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6. When I moved south a few decades ago...

Reply to Woodwizard (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 10:34 PM

Mar 2025

....the first thing I did was pick up a local newspaper to see the headline: "Litracy Council Meeting Thursday" (sic) .

Edit to add: That isn't a joke, it actually happened, I wish I saved that paper.

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Well this explains a lot. [View all] Woodwizard Mar 2025 OP

Not surprised in the least chicoescuela Mar 2025 #1

And TSF reads at a 4th. grade level. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #2

More like 4-year-old level. niyad Mar 2025 #4

From Literacy Inc. madaboutharry Mar 2025 #3

Those stats are appalling, but not surprising. What passes for an "educational niyad Mar 2025 #10

You could read it....... Woodwizard Mar 2025 #12

I had to stop using our local public library Bettie Mar 2025 #13

When the Dept of Education is drowned in a bathtub, we won't have NO Stinking Literacy Data. Bread and Circuses Mar 2025 #5

When I moved south a few decades ago... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #6

LOL Meowmee Mar 2025 #8

That has nothing to do with it. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #7

The criticism is about the expectations of education in the U.S. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #9

There are outliers. Woodwizard Mar 2025 #11

This pretty commonly known among writers. We often pass our work through a test for reading level. mucholderthandirt Mar 2025 #14