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The gap in illiteracy between white and black adults continued to narrow through the 20th century, and in 1979, the rates were approximately equal. [ 14 ] There has been a notable increase in American citizens' educational attainment since then, but studies have also indicated a decline in reading performance which began during the 1970s. [ 15 ]
The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%. The District of Columbia had a percentage significantly higher than that of any U.S. state at 63.0%. [1]
World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over. This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%. The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%.
Read: Majority of U.S. States Earn a ‘C’ Grade or Worse for Personal Finance Education “If you are an employer, realize that a percentage of your employees are dyslexic,” said M artin ...
Mexico still has a gender educational bias—the illiteracy rate for women was 8.1% compared with 5.6% for men. [199] Rates differ across regions and states. The states with the highest poverty rate had greater than 15% illiteracy in 2010: 17.8% in Chiapas, 16.7% in Guerrero, and 16.3% in Oaxaca.
"I think one of the dangers of teaching financial literacy to American high school students is the legacy of fear that money brings," says Mindy Crary, certified financial planner and financial ...
In 1880, a quarter of all whites over the age of ten were illiterate. The number was 18.84% in 1890 and 14.8% in 1900. Only two states, South Carolina and Louisiana had higher figures of illiteracy. [10] Comparable national illiteracy rates are 1880 17%, 1890 13% and 1900 11%. [11] In 2012, the state reported 14.8% of all adults were illiterate ...
On Monday, the White House released new data showing that the national graduation rate at 83.2 percent for the 2014-15 academic year. That's up by nearly one percentage point from 2013-14 and more ...