Report: Nearly Half Of Detroiters Can’t Read

[a_priori]

“DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who explained exactly what this means. “Not able to fill out basic forms, for getting a job — those types of basic everyday (things). Reading a prescription; what’s on the bottle, how many you should take… just your basic everyday tasks,” she said.
“I don’t really know how they get by, but they do. Are they getting by well? Well, that’s another question,” Tyler-Ruiz said. Some of the Detroit suburbs also have high numbers of functionally illiterate: 34 percent in Pontiac and 24 percent in Southfield. “For other major urban areas, we are a little bit on the high side… We compare, slightly higher, to Washington D.C.’s urban population, in certain ZIP codes in Washington D.C. and in Cleveland,” she said.”

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[Scott_Lafrance]

“DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who explained exactly what this means. “Not able to fill out basic forms, for getting a job — those types of basic everyday (things). Reading a prescription; what’s on the bottle, how many you should take… just your basic everyday tasks,” she said.
“I don’t really know how they get by, but they do. Are they getting by well? Well, that’s another question,” Tyler-Ruiz said. Some of the Detroit suburbs also have high numbers of functionally illiterate: 34 percent in Pontiac and 24 percent in Southfield. “For other major urban areas, we are a little bit on the high side… We compare, slightly higher, to Washington D.C.’s urban population, in certain ZIP codes in Washington D.C. and in Cleveland,” she said.”

detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/05/04/report-nearly-half-of-detroiters-cant-read/

All hail the glories of the public education system! There your hard earned federal tax dollars at work for you.

 

[Raskolnikov]

All hail the glories of the public education system! There your hard earned federal tax dollars at work for you.

May as well blame the parents at least as much. They’re the ones who let their kids skip school or dropout.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

May as well blame the parents at least as much. They’re the ones who let their kids skip school or dropout.

And 47% illiteracy rate is an indicator that cradle to grave nanny state entitlements are a recipe for disaster.

 

[Raskolnikov]

And 47% illiteracy rate is an indicator that cradle to grave nanny state entitlements are a recipe for disaster.

I dob’t quite see how, nor do I agree that public education can be called a “cradle to grave nanny state entitlement.” Many countries with far worse ‘nanny states’ than ours are wiping the floor with us in education. Detroit’s problems have much deeper roots I’m afraid than entitlements.

 

[wild_thing]

“DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who explained exactly what this means. “Not able to fill out basic forms, for getting a job — those types of basic everyday (things). Reading a prescription; what’s on the bottle, how many you should take… just your basic everyday tasks,” she said.
“I don’t really know how they get by, but they do. Are they getting by well? Well, that’s another question,” Tyler-Ruiz said. Some of the Detroit suburbs also have high numbers of functionally illiterate: 34 percent in Pontiac and 24 percent in Southfield. “For other major urban areas, we are a little bit on the high side… We compare, slightly higher, to Washington D.C.’s urban population, in certain ZIP codes in Washington D.C. and in Cleveland,” she said.”

detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/05/04/report-nearly-half-of-detroiters-cant-read/

Not really a shocker.

 

[Mrs_Sally]

“DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who explained exactly what this means. “Not able to fill out basic forms, for getting a job — those types of basic everyday (things). Reading a prescription; what’s on the bottle, how many you should take… just your basic everyday tasks,” she said.
“I don’t really know how they get by, but they do. Are they getting by well? Well, that’s another question,” Tyler-Ruiz said. Some of the Detroit suburbs also have high numbers of functionally illiterate: 34 percent in Pontiac and 24 percent in Southfield. “For other major urban areas, we are a little bit on the high side… We compare, slightly higher, to Washington D.C.’s urban population, in certain ZIP codes in Washington D.C. and in Cleveland,” she said.”

detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/05/04/report-nearly-half-of-detroiters-cant-read/

This really is an alarming statistic. Illiteracy leads to all kinds of other problems including unemployment, health problems, dependency, crime, and continuing low literacy in the next generation.

Functionally illiterate people, do make it through their days, but in a very minimal way. Things like a change in the bus route they take (that they are not aware of because they can’t read the sign) may mean they are late for work or can no longer get to work. It is a vicious cycly of poverty that can be almost impossible to get out of.

So sad!

 

[estesbob]

“DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who explained exactly what this means. “Not able to fill out basic forms, for getting a job — those types of basic everyday (things). Reading a prescription; what’s on the bottle, how many you should take… just your basic everyday tasks,” she said.
“I don’t really know how they get by, but they do. Are they getting by well? Well, that’s another question,” Tyler-Ruiz said. Some of the Detroit suburbs also have high numbers of functionally illiterate: 34 percent in Pontiac and 24 percent in Southfield. “For other major urban areas, we are a little bit on the high side… We compare, slightly higher, to Washington D.C.’s urban population, in certain ZIP codes in Washington D.C. and in Cleveland,” she said.”

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Which is why they can be depended on to vote Democrat.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

Which is why they can be depended on to vote Democrat.

Which is why when some counties wanted to drop the R and D after a candidates name, the Democrats rushed to sue, stating that it was the only way that some of their constituents would know who to vote for. Priceless! Democrats acknowledge that a portion of their constituency is ignorant and the only way they can get their vote it by marking it with a clearly identifiable letter.

 

[Monte_RCMS]

Time for the local pastors in Detroit to set up their own schools for their own congregations.

Model them partly after the traditional Catholic schools and partly after the successful home schooling curriculum … different publishers … Saxon, Robinson, etc.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

Time for the local pastors in Detroit to set up their own schools for their own congregations.

Model them partly after the traditional Catholic schools and partly after the successful home schooling curriculum … different publishers … Saxon, Robinson, etc.

In northern Virginia, we don’t have much of the problems of Detroit (primarily because we don’t let Democrats run everything), but even so, our homeschool group has over 100 families and 350 registered students, roughly the size of a small school itself.

 

[iamrefreshed]

Which is why when some counties wanted to drop the R and D after a candidates name, the Democrats rushed to sue, stating that it was the only way that some of their constituents would know who to vote for. Priceless! Democrats acknowledge that a portion of their constituency is ignorant and the only way they can get their vote it by marking it with a clearly identifiable letter.

Yes, and they sign their name on the register with an X.

But that’s how the Dems like to keep their “constituents”.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

All hail the glories of the public education system! There your hard earned federal tax dollars at work for you.

Federal tax dollars? Your ordinary public school is funded locally, not by the federal government.

Easy for you, my man, to blame teachers for the illiteracy. So easy for folks like you to dump on hard working teachers like my wife and other men and women who do their best against great odds (where are the parents to motivate their children?) to help the children they’re given charge of.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

I dob’t quite see how, nor do I agree that public education can be called a “cradle to grave nanny state entitlement.” Many countries with far worse ‘nanny states’ than ours are wiping the floor with us in education. Detroit’s problems have much deeper roots I’m afraid than entitlements.

The Republicans here find it so easy to blame the Democrats on the ills, indeed blame the Dems for everything that isn’t perfect in America. They ought to wonder rather why other countries, even gasp! socialist countries, do better than ours in educating their children.

 

[iamrefreshed]

Federal tax dollars? Your ordinary public school is funded locally, not by the federal government.

Easy for you, my man, to blame teachers for the illiteracy. So easy for folks like you to dump on hard working teachers like my wife and other men and women who do their best against great odds (where are the parents to motivate their children?) to help the children they’re given charge of.

Unfortunately fatherhood is a dying art.

There is an abundance of “men” today who don’t mind making babies but dislike caring for them.

We idolize these losers as sports heros, movie stars and musicians.

It disgusts me.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

Time for the local pastors in Detroit to set up their own schools for their own congregations.

Model them partly after the traditional Catholic schools and partly after the successful home schooling curriculum … different publishers … Saxon, Robinson, etc.

One word - MONEY.

 

[estesbob]

Federal tax dollars? Your ordinary public school is funded locally, not by the federal government.

Easy for you, my man, to blame teachers for the illiteracy. So easy for folks like you to dump on hard working teachers like my wife and other men and women who do their best against great odds (where are the parents to motivate their children?) to help the children they’re given charge of.

My Mother , who taught for 40 years always responded to this with “what parents”? In most cases there was only one parent , a parent who was barely out of childhood themsleves and a parent whos lack of education gave them little help in motivating their children .

Perhaps its time to admit that the Public school paradyme, as it exists in major cites, is an absolute failure. We need to look at other alternatives.(vouchers, Chather Schools,etc). Since the Teachers union is vested in the statu quo these options will not come from the education establishment . When push comes to shove any teachers union is always going to opt forwhat i best for their members-not the children they teach.

 

[estesbob]

The Republicans here find it so easy to blame the Democrats on the ills, indeed blame the Dems for everything that isn’t perfect in America. They ought to wonder rather why other countries, even gasp! socialist countries, do better than ours in educating their children.

Probably becuase their major cities our not under control of democrat politicians and Democrat dominated teachers unions.

 

[Dale_M]

All hail the glories of the public education system! There your hard earned federal tax dollars at work for you.

Hm?

How much federal funding have the Detroit public schools received? Aren’t most school districts in the US funded locally, with state assistance?

 

[MugenOne]

That’s not true. Look at the Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, and other Asian minorities. Even though they lack formal education, they always encourage their children to excel. And excel they did.

What we have here is the allure of easy money. It seems to me that inner city blacks are addicted to making easy money either through hassling, selling drug and other stolen items, or scamming the government. Popular culture like music doesn’t help either.

My Mother , who taught for 40 years always responded to this with “what parents”? In most cases there was only one parent , a parent who was barely out of childhood themsleves and a parent whos lack of education gave them little help in motivating their children .