Why do millions of Americans struggle with reading and writing?
For the first time, a detailed portrait of America's least literate adults is emerging.
About 30 million people – 14 percent of the US population 16 and older – have trouble with basic reading and writing. Correlating factors that were explored in a new government report include poverty, ethnicity, native language background, and disabilities.
Of these 30 million people, 7 million are considered "nonliterate" in English because their ...
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