Posted on 05/09/2011 12:54:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A study by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund found that 47 percent of adults in the city are ‘functionally illiterate’.
‘Functionally illiterate’ means they struggle with day-to-day tasks, like reading job applications, following a bus schedule or understanding product labels.
Those deemed illiterate however have been educated. The report indicated that the same group found to be ‘functionally illiterate’ had completed element education, where reading is taught and half of the group had either a high school diploma or a GED.
Nearly half of the city’s population lacks the necessary skills to work in even the most entry level and remedial jobs.
“Increasing adult educational attainment is critical to connecting the one in two city residents who are currently unemployed and underemployed to good jobs in our new economy,” said Karen Tyler-Ruiz, director of the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund. “This is a critical opportunity for Detroit, where we know that access to services to improve basic skills like reading and math are extremely limited in and around the city.”
Detroit however is not Michigan’s only problem spot. Surrounding cities and suburbs also show many residents are unable to adequately read. With a number of areas showing 24 percent to 34 percent of the area’s population is ‘functionally illiterate’.
The city, already in shambles due to the recession, experienced a major decline in population according to the 2010 US Census. The population fell by 25 percent, the city’s lowest numbers since 1910. Around one third of the city sits vacant and deteriorating.
They’re stupid because they choose to be.
And that is about the percentage that voted for Obama too. Although I would venture a guess that much more than 50% of Detroit actually voted for him.....nuff said.
>>47 percent of adults in the city are ‘functionally illiterate’.<<
IOW, as Bob Hope put it, “democrats.”
PING.
A shining example of a town run by Democrats for the last several decades.
I wonder how many Russians are illiterate in the 18th largest Russian city?
They had “element education”? What?
Sounds like they are going to need to pay the teachers in Michigan a lot more if they expect to produce graduates who can read and hold basic jobs. (/s)
What?? Detroit was voted THE MOST LIBERAL CITY IN AMERICA!!!
How can this be? It’s a liberal Democrat PARADISE, doncha know!
Of those 50% who voted for 0bama, how many do you think know they voted for 0bama?
Detroit is now half illiterate, and if you take away all the entitlements I bet half don't earn $2 a day either.
How pathetic for a once great city that I was born and grew up in to compare with an armpit like Pakistan.
Thanks, Liberals.
I’ll bet spending per student on public education in Detroit is much higher than many areas in the US. Corrupt government - strong teacher’s union - poor teacher performance: It all adds up.
Read “The Bell Curve”
Stupid is as stupid does.
Absolutely!...part of it is the racism excuse, and a counter culture - they don’t want to be educated “white”. Show me where Africa offered anything better than what America has today.
Its all about choice and them guaranteeing their future and the next generations future as f/ups.
The stupid shits cannot see they need to break the circle and the only ones that can help them are themselves.
>>> Almost half of Detroit unable to read
by Russia Today <<<
Real world skills (basic reading and math) are not the goal of the educators here.
/”Our kids” will have superior people skill and high self-esteem.
“Taught” by union “teachers.”
Detroit... an example of the end state of criminal liberal mismanagement.
Response: True.
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