Monday, March 26, 2007

36% of DC Adults Are Functionally Illiterate

What surprises me here is that 20% of adults in America are functionally illiterate. I never would have imagined the rate would be that high.

WASHINGTON - About one-third of the people living in the national's capital are functionally illiterate, compared with about one-fifth nationally, according to a report on the District of Columbia.

http://www.dailymail.com/story/Entertainment/+/2007032058/Study-finds-D.C-illiteracy-rate-higher-than-national-average

I don't understand why this story is in the "Entertainment" section of this newspaper.

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