Extremely high rates of illiteracy are reported among the welfare population. the unemployed. drug users. criminals and high school dropouts. It is reported that onehalf of all the households that are classified below the poverty level by Federal guidelines cannot read an eighth grade level book. Regardless of what estimates of illiteracy figures are agreed upon. we do know that the number of illiterate Americans is growing. One reason is the growing number of immigrants and refugees who speak languages other than English. Another reason is the large number of students600.000 to 700.000who drop out of high school each year. On an average day. some 3.600 students across the Nation will drop out of school.
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