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functional illiteracy |
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functional illiteracy Social medicine The inability to read and write enough to effectively function in an office or business. Cf Complete illiteracy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent in public schools over the past decade to boost literacy rates, functional illiteracy levels have remained flat because of a steady influx of non-English-speaking immigrants and a 30 percent high school dropout rate, authors of the report said. The devaluation of this disability-specific mode of learning has resulted in increasing levels of functional illiteracy among the visually impaired. Clearly, functional illiteracy is one of the most significant problems facing the world's society. |
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