The Problem of Functional Illiteracy Means That

question 78

Multiple Choice

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

• A)many young people leave school without having learned basic skills.
• B)many older people have forgotten the lessons they learned in school.
• C)a significant share of U.S.children never attend school.
• D)many teachers in U.S.schools do not know how to teach.

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Definitions:

Cosmopolitanism

An ideology that all human beings belong to a single community, based on a shared morality.

Globalism

The process of the world becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent through economic, technological, political, and cultural exchange.

Globality

Describes a social condition characterized by the awareness and interconnectivity of global scale processes and phenomena, surpassing the concept of globalization.

Benjamin Barber

An American political theorist best known for his work on democracy and civic society, including the book "Strong Democracy."