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  2. Sep 18, 2018 · The perpetuation of illiteracy leads to “heavy and often tragic consequences, via lower earnings, poorer health and higher rates of incarceration,” according to McKinsey & Company’s The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America’s Schools.

  3. Jul 23, 2021 · Around 1 in 5 people are completely illiterate. Additionally, around 3 billion people around the world struggle with basic level reading and writing (World Literacy Foundation [WLF], 2018). This has significant economic, social, and health impacts at both an individual and societal level.

  4. Jul 25, 2017 · These children often fall behind during critical early years, which not only negatively affects their performance in the classroom, but can also impact their social skills, health, and economic status later in life.

  5. Dec 1, 2010 · Populations that are illiterate for social reasons are likely to differ in important ways other than literacy from the schooled, literate populations that have been the subjects of most research in cognitive psychology (prototypically U.S. college students).

    • Alfredo Ardila, Paulo H Bertolucci, Lucia W Braga, Alexander Castro-Caldas, Tedd Judd, Mary H Kosmid...
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  6. Sep 5, 2012 · For nearly a decade, their guesses about that link between going to school as a young girl — even for only a few years — and behavior later as a mother that positively affects children's health focused primarily on attitude and behavior. Educated women feel more assertive, for example.

  7. May 9, 2021 · 75% of kids who don't overcome reading lag by Grade 3 continue struggling through school life: literacy expert. Alarm bells are ringing for some worried parents and educational experts about how ...

  8. Apr 26, 2018 · Nationwide, adult illiteracy has proved an intractable problem, linked to stubborn societal issues such as poverty and failing schools. In fact, US adult literacy rates are no better than they...

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