#literacyrates — Public Fediverse posts

I believe there should be more funding for early literacy in K to 3 and teacher professional learning.

It is important to increase the funding of K–12 education to improve the literacy rates of students.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/whats-driving-decline-in-u-s-literacy-rates/

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Estimated historical #LiteracyRates, 1451 to 1701

I was looking for data on global historical literacy rates and this is something I found. Needless to say, the estimates are prone to large uncertainties but it is sobering to see that that before the 16th century, over 80% or populations were #illiterate. This would have meant that they were condemned to #poverty and prone to manipulation and subjugation by those in power, including religious organizations.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/estimated-historical-literacy-rates?country=BELFRADEUITANLDESPSWEGBRWestern+EuropeIRLPOL