What is the literacy rate for South Carolina? Which states are lower?
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I'd be willing to bet Miss or WV are at the bottom of the scale.
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If you mean, the free education we have that has taught less than 35% of our children to read at a 3rd grade level,  low standards for children, lack of education for the educator and general chaos in our schools as the way we know it today.. I HOPE SO!   I really hope the new changes to the American Education Act (No Child Left Behind) really improves our schools.  The one good thing Bush gave us.  No one is accountable and our children are among the least educated in the world... shameful!
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"Literacy:   \ndefinition: age 15 and over can read and write \ntotal population: 97% \nmale: 97% \nfemale: 97% (1999 est.)"
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a school's academic success in not that great according to the state. The test gradws are low and writing and reading skills aren't where they should be.
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Well, they have a 40.2% literacy rate. Basic education is mandatory (usually elementary education) and free. Although the government uses 33% of its budget for education programs, only 80% of school-aged boys are enrolled in school, and only 77.3% of school-aged girls enroll. \n\nThere is a very low (but not documented, as far as I can find) graduation rate--many people drop out of school because western education is "irrelevant," and many drop out when they do not do well.
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Most southern states and large urban areas need teachers.  The best way to find out to find out the different schools are to attend a teacher recruiting event at a local university.  You can meet with recruiters from all over the US and some even offer jobs on the spot (Jacksonville, FL did when i attended one).  some of the areas that were heavily recruiting were: GA (esp Atlanta), TX (Houston), NC/SC, NM.  Some states have links to a site that shows the openings in that state.\n\nI cant remember all who all had great incentive packages except for NC.  They dont pay much so the individual schools offer bonuses, the communities offer discounts on utilies/etc, the school may even help pay for you to attend Grad school or attemtp to become Nationally certified.
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I think is is different in each state. Good Luck!
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For a list of state prisons, go to the South Carolina Department of Corrections website.\n\nFor a list of federal prisons, check out the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.
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Failure States:\n\nNorth Carolina- the worst state for the school systems.\n\nVermont: A judge gave only 6mo prison time to a child molester who repeatedly raped a 6 yr old for 4 yrs!!!!!! The state stands by the judge....FAILURE STATE\n\nCalifornia: The population of illegal immigrants out numbers the AMERICANS.\n\nEach state has their failure areas, but some are worse than others.
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Check with each state's website- many of them offer free maps and info about their state.  Also check the department of education; they have publications that are fabulous pieces of information for parents about the importance of reading to your child, how to help with homework, etc.\n\nSometimes Costco has backpacks loaded with goodies for students; our school got them last year for our entire student body!
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Bethesda, MD.  I think there is a 99% literacy rate, adn most of the residents have post graduate degrees.  In return their schooling is highly competitve, and one of the best.  But i could imagine how muchmoney that would cost.  I wasnt that blessed, but if you can afford to give your kid the best education, Congrats to you!
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Do a search for literacy rates and/or national literacy rates. I've had to find the same info once and I got everything I needed and more. If you look a little bit, You can find comparisons of literacy rates to economic levels per nation.
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Try the International Reading Association (IRA)\n\nThe National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)\n\nJournal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
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Maybe the Department of Education website for your state has info.
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HERE ARE THE STATES STANDARDS http://sbci.cps.k12.il.us/curriculum.html\n\nHERE IS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION\nhttp://iirc.niu.edu/scripts/knowsb.asp?schoolID=9999999999999&grade=1&subject=READ
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For which state?  Or for all of them?\n\nThis website below shows all the data.  Just click on the state you are interested in knowing data about.\n\nhttp://familyinternet.about.com/cs/directions/l/blstateindex.htm
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Title 1 statistics...\n\nhttp://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006307.pdf\n\nGo to Table 10. It gives number of schools considered "Title 1," or impoverished, by state. You should look at percentage of students served to get an overall feel by state. Anything over 50% shows the state has quite a few people living in poverty.\n\nThen go to those particular states you find of interest, to their Departments of Education, and look up their Title 1 program data or email their Title 1 state coordinator explaining why you need the data.\n\nYou can find a full listing of all state DOE's (their special ed departments, but you can backtrack from these links to the DOE main pages) at http://www.spedusource.org/