If our children are our future, then we have a problem. According to public school statistical data, less and less children graduate high schools every year, and people who do read at 3 to 4 grade levels lower than mandatory. The three-yearly OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report, which compares the knowledge and abilities of 15-year-olds, ranked the United States 14th out of 34 OECD states for reading skills, and a below average 25th for arithmetic.
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