Who Controls America

by Mark Mullen

But there is one final problem with college for all – a very fundamental problem that cannot be ignored. America’s public K-12 educational system does not prepare students for success in college. America graduates only about 82 percent of all high school students. Furthermore, according to U.S. News and World Report, only about 37 percent of high school graduates are equipped for college level math and reading.[31] Illiteracy in the United States remains a serious problem. It has been estimated that:[32] Some 63 million adults read between a sixth grade and eighth-grade level. Just 12 percent of adults are proficient readers. 30 million adults read below a fifth-grade level. 44 million adults read at a very basic level. 32 million adults cannot read. 19 percent of all high school graduates cannot read.