Tackling America's illiteracy problem | Unreported World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2017
- Making America Read: This video is from Donald Trump’s America, a man elected on the promise to Make America Great again. But, a big obstacle to America's greatness is the huge illiteracy crisis. Nearly 1 in 5 adults cannot read. Kiki King went to Detroit where 93% of the city’s teens are behind with their reading.
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This Unreported World episode was first aired on Channel 4 on 31/03/2017.
I don't even understand how you can get through school without being able to read?
Those two grown men learning to read and being supportive and understanding of each other was so beautiful.
A retired bilingual teacher and reading specialist here. I used to do a home survey about literacy in the home. Usually, the hardest to teach come from poverty. This most likely means no newspapers, books, pencils, supplies in the home. There is a severe lack of literacy modeling in the home. I used to teach parents how to read to their children because they’re the most important model for their children. Kids pay attention to what their parents think is important. How to teach reading is an art in itself. It’s a complicated sequence of coordinated brain, eye and voice action. Kudos to these kids and the adults who help them. God bless.
When the host says that she took her own literacy for granted. That is profound. You never realize how illiteracy can cut someone off from the world.
I don't get how the children can pass a grade without being able to read. In our country you don't pass and just repeat the grade. The children here learn all the letters in kindergarten. And they have to pass numerous test in each grade to pass the grade and move on and graduate.
Teachers blame parents, parents blame teachers. No wonder nothing happens, no one takes any responsibility.
Don't point your finger at one single person. The whole system is broken. Parents are unable to detect their children's readings problems at an early age because the parents are, more often than not, illiterate themselves. When they finally seek help, schools often lack the resources to address these types of issues.
I had learning difficulties as a kid and now I actually am an electronics engineer. My heart melted when this kid mentioned he wanted to become an electronics engineer at
The problem is our society doesn't value education. There are always massive cuts to educational programs and resources. In addition to that, the whole system needs to be revised. When you have communities that are in crisis, economic and social, you can't hold them to the same standards as the rest of the country that don't have those obstacles. You have to create innovative curriculums that honestly look at where the children actually are and then decide what needs to be done to get them to grade level. Instead, there's a one size fits all system. All the pressure is put on teachers who are not equipped to deal with the emotional issues of the students, nor given the equipment that they need. Instead, they are blamed when students come in from the lower grades and are not where they should be. Add to this the pressure of dealing with emotional and behavior issues, is it any wonder why qualified teachers leave? Those who stay are pressured by the administration to pass kids along so the school's scores look good on paper. This is why I retired from the system.
people are easy to manipulate when they are uneducated, which is why half the country will never invest money into the education system.
This guy with the "books before boxing" - programme really has the right idea. He gets them interested and focused. After all: A sharp mind is often the best weapon in life.😉
I was an English tutor at my college in mi, 2/3rds of the papers I looked at were at a 6th grade level or below, and most were from suburbs, no idea how these people graduated high school
So at what age is a parent concerned, when
This boxing gym needs huge gov funding.
Confused european here: How does one get in High School only by beeing "good at sports"???
The extent of poverty is always underplayed in the US.
I just don't get it...
Shouldn’t schools make sure kids are literate? They should have separate classes for kids who need extra help.
I live in Milwaukee, north of Chicago. This is a massive issue here. I didn't' learn anything in school. I had to learn everything after I graduated on my own with a lot of hard work and dedication. This is a very sad and real issue in our country.
"In the nearby city of Kalamazoo" that's a 2 hour drive across the state