Posts Tagged ‘one in five 11 year olds can’t read’

June 23rd, 2008

United Kingdom: English Children Can’t Read English

In the country that gave birth to the English language, one in five 11 year olds can’t read and have failed to master mathematics.
The United Kingdom’s chief schools inspector, Christine Gilbert, warned last month that these children could be on the educational scrapheap at 16 — unemployed and pursuing no further training. Gilbert said: “If […]