One THIRD of all Washington DC residents are illiterate. What should be done?

Question

This may explain why most vote Democrat. They can't read the ballots.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_re_us/adult_literacy

Human Mineral, look at the link above. It's real data. Also, to whoever posted that IQ list. It's a proven fake. Do some research.

Answer 1

I wish I knew. What is even worse, spending on public "education" in DC is WAY above the national average, & a lot of that money comes from the federal budget.

Answer 2

Where did you get your statistics from? I find it difficult to believe that 1 of 3 people in any US city is illiterate. If it was your attempt to make a political joke suggesting that liberals and democrats are uneducated, then you should keep such derogatory opinions to yourself as they are not only unconstructive but also make you appear small-minded and ignorant.

If you are truly interested in the state of the education of this country, then such a question can only be hyperbole. However, to answer your question, "What should be done?" I'm uncertain that anything can be done without severely overhauling and reforming the American government and social value systems. Education today, public and private, has become a business. Whether Municipally run or independently, educational institutions are more worried about their cash flow and the getting children into college, or getting ther college students to pay full tution, than the educating them how to think and problem solve. Testing is not necessarily the problem, as it is the only reasonably objective method to assess performance. The answer is what you do with the tests. For a culture that emphasizes the path of least resistance while supporting rampant consumerism, it appears to me that the problem with the educational system is not the teachers or the students, but rather the adminstrators who are worried about rankings and the parents who will not allow their children to fail even when they should.

Like the proverty gap, the education gap is growing, and the system must adapt or fail.

Answer 3

Better back that truck up

here's the real truth


147 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
132 Harry Truman (D)
122 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
174 John F. Kennedy (D)
126 Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
155 Richard M. Nixon (R)
121 Gerald R. Ford (R)
176 James E. Carter (D)
105 Ronald W. Reagan (R)
98 George H. W. Bush (R)
182 William J. Clinton (D)
91 George W. Bush (R)

IQ and Voter Preference
State Average IQ 2004
1 Connecticut 113---- Kerry
2 Massachusetts 111---- Kerry
3 New Jersey 111 ---Kerry
4 New York 109 ------Kerry
5 Rhode Island 107----- Kerry
6 Hawaii 106------- Kerry
7 Maryland 105 -----Kerry
8 New Hampshire 105 -------Kerry
9 Illinois 104 -------Kerry
10 Delaware 103 -----Kerry
11 Minnesota 102 -------Kerry
12 Vermont 102 -----Kerry
13 Washington 102 ----Kerry
14 California 101------ Kerry
15 Pennsylvania 101 -----Kerry
16 Maine 100 --------Kerry
17 Virginia 100 ---Bush
18 Wisconsin 100---- Kerry
19 Colorado 99 ------Bush
20 Iowa 99 ---------Bush
21 Michigan 99 -----Kerry
22 Nevada 99------ Bush
23 Ohio 99 -----Bush
24 Oregon 99 ----Kerry
25 Alaska 98 -----Bush
26 Florida 98 -----Bush
27 Missouri 98 -----Bush
28 Kansas 96 ----Bush
29 Nebraska 95 ---Bush
30 Arizona 94 ----Bush
31 Indiana 94 ----Bush
32 Tennessee 94---- Bush
33 North Carolina 93---- Bush
34 West Virginia 93 ----Bush
35 Arkansas 92 -----Bush
36 Georgia 92 ----Bush
37 Kentucky 92 -----Bush
38 New Mexico 92----- Bush
39 North Dakota 92 -----Bush
40 Texas 92 -----Bush
41 Alabama 90----- Bush
42 Louisiana 90 -----Bush
43 Montana 90 ------Bush
44 Oklahoma 90----- Bush
45 South Dakota 90------- Bush
46 South Carolina 89 ----Bush
47 Wyoming 89 -----Bush
48 Idaho 87 -----Bush
49 Utah 87 ------Bush
50 Mississippi 85---- Bush

Answer 4

From the Every Child Matters Education Fund:
"Red" State Children at Greater Risk than Youths In "Blue" States, Reflecting Toll of Anti-Government Politics Drawing from official federal data, the book illustrates how living in a so-called "red" state appears to be more hazardous to the health of millions of American children. The factors weighed in the "Homeland Insecurity" ranking include such indicators as inadequate pre-natal care, lack of health care insurance coverage, early death, child abuse, and teen incarceration.

Based on this diverse range of 11 child-related statistical measures, nine of the 10 top states with the best outcomes for children are so-called "blue" states (Wisconsin, New Jersey, Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and #1-ranked New Hampshire, with Iowa being the sole "red" state in the group) and all 10 of the bottom states with the worst outcomes for children are so-called "red" states (Wyoming, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and, in last place, Mississippi). Click here, http://www.everychildmatters.org/homelandinsecurity/table-01.html , to see where your state stands. Red/blue designations are based on state voting patterns in the 2004 presidential election.

Answer 5

I don't know about the voting, but I would like to see some real education going on there. Can they even attract good teachers?

Frankly, if education is so unimportant to the people there - parents need to be involved too - then i'm not sure where to start.

I believe the per-pupil spending is quite high already, so it's not money.

Answer 6

At her income aspect she will be in a position to no longer owe any federal tax and probable no DC or MT taxes both. scholars attending college faraway from living house do not change their living house so for tax applications she is a non-resident of DC. She ought to document a DC non-resident go back and ought to pay tax in person-friendly words on the DC sourced income. She ought to then document a resident MT go back and ought to pay tax on her international-huge income. MT ought to provide her a credit for the DC taxes paid, as a lot because the quantity of tax that MT ought to have amassed. For tax applications, DC is treated as a state in spite of if it isn't legally a state. States could provide credit for taxes paid to a distinct state yet no longer unavoidably for community city and county income taxes. again, it is a moot aspect at her income aspect. She'll could verify if it really is fairly surely worth the worry to assemble a $3 refnd from DC.

Answer 7

I wonder about your explanation. How long has Bush been in power? How many babies are born in Washington DC per annum?
What should be done???? Get Bush out and turn Congress into a primary school

Answer 8

HOW DARE YOU CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT!!! EVERY THING IN AMERICA IS PERFECT! IT IS THE STRONGEST AND MOST CULTURALY ADVANCED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!!!! AMERICA HAS 0.00000% POVERTY, NO VAGRANTS, EVERYONE OBVIOUSLY MAKES AT LEAST 42K A YEAR. NOT TO MENTION THAT AMERICANS ARE THE MOST PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND LEAST LAZY PEOPLE EVER! OUR MONEY IS SPENT ACCORDINGLY (mostly on infastructure and education) NOT PRIMARILY ON MILITARY. DONT EVEN WORRY ABOUT THE RATE OF INFLATION, ITS IRRELEVANT!!! I AM JUST SOOO HAPPY TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE MY HEALTH INSURANCE TAKES UP 50% OF MY WAGES. UNLIKE THOSE COMMUNIST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. LETS ALL HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT SCANDANAVIA AS WELL: ITS LUDACRIS TO THINK THAT A POLICY SUCH AS: YOU HAVE MORE YOU GIVE MORE, YOU HAVE LESS YOU TAKE MORE.

Answer 9

I think you may be on to something. That would also explain the states that went for Kerry in 2004

Answer 10

Tax everyone who makes $1,000,000 or more per year at 70% for income, capital gains and inheritance, put the money into education, pay teachers a decent salary and have them teach kids to read.