http://www.northescambia.com/2009/03/learn-to-read-program-offered-in-north-escambia Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:54:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2009/03/learn-to-read-program-offered-in-north-escambia/comment-page-1#comment-7567 Jay Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6898#comment-7567 Numbers, numbers, numbers... Ron, I agree 50,000 who can’t read sounds outrageous, and there is a difference between not knowing what acronyms stand for and not being able to read. Numbers, numbers, numbers… Ron, I agree 50,000 who can’t read sounds outrageous, and there is a difference between not knowing what acronyms stand for and not being able to read.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2009/03/learn-to-read-program-offered-in-north-escambia/comment-page-1#comment-7562 ron Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:29:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6898#comment-7562 you mean to tell me 50,000 adults in Escambia county Florida can not read? How can this be correct? Someone should check the numbers as the 2000 US census only reports the population of Escambia county at 294,410. if 50,000 people in the county can not read that is about 17% of the county. My online research about this indicates the US National average for literacy is somewhere between 86%-95% litterate. That means between 5 and 14% of the people in America will “have at least some degree of difficulty (often, extreme difficulty) with a written survey” taken from : http://www.healthstreamresearch.com/knowledge/experts/Pages/LiteracyRates.aspx If the number really is 50,000 that makes Escambia County Florida one of the most illiterate places in America. you mean to tell me 50,000 adults in Escambia county Florida can not read? How can this be correct? Someone should check the numbers as the 2000 US census only reports the population of Escambia county at 294,410. if 50,000 people in the county can not read that is about 17% of the county. My online research about this indicates the US National average for literacy is somewhere between 86%-95% litterate. That means between 5 and 14% of the people in America will “have at least some degree of difficulty (often, extreme difficulty) with a written survey” taken from : http://www.healthstreamresearch.com/knowledge/experts/Pages/LiteracyRates.aspx
If the number really is 50,000 that makes Escambia County Florida one of the most illiterate places in America.

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