It’s easier to vote if you can read–read the names on the ballot, read the directions for voting, read the candidates’ take on important issues.
This opinion piece from The Hill is three years old. Good education, they point out, is more than the percentage of high school students graduating.
“The consequences of this tragedy — thousands of students graduating each year without even basic education attainment — reveal a crime of almost epic proportions.”
I fear the pandemic has made things worse, not better.
Simple reading and math skills matter. It’s time for change.
