We've come along way in a century, page-5

Not much has changed there.

“According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. That’s 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/illiteracy-rate_n_3880355.html

The link from the HuffPost article to the original article is even more depressing.