We live in two Americas, America the Illiterate

Two Americas

Illiterate America

The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America

Eighty-five percent of juveniles who come before the courts are functionally illiterate. Half the heads of households classified below the poverty line by federal standards cannot read an eighth grade book. Over one third of mothers who receive support from welfare are functionally illiterate.

Illiteracy - Major U.S. Problem

63 percent of prison inmates cannot read

The Flynn effect, how liberals lie to themselves.

IQ Bashing, Breakdancing, The Flynn Effect, and Genes

Tests of cognitive ability correlate with each other--people who do well on one test tend to do well on the others. But across generations, tests involving abstract generalizations have increased the most. Performance on tests involving memory, vocabulary, and general knowledge have hardly budged.

Note how fraudulent Gladwell presents his theories.