many children are functionally illiterate.
"So you won't even be able to bypass the propaganda
and get a book, get the Bible, get the Constitution, get
the Declaration of Independence and read it, because
they're teaching the children to read using faulty
methods that have been known to be quackery since the..."
http://www.wnd.com/2015/05/public-schools-called-gigantic-criminal-enterprise/