The USian media has been asking, for decades, why USians can't read worth a hoot. Michigan has, lately, been setting some new lows on that score.

Last night, I missed the first couple innings of the World Series, to see what a local station put together.

A big part of it, at least in Michigan, is chaos. Education in Michigan has been politicized, for a long time. As I noted before, the Michigan GOP, including Trump's first Sec Education, Betsey DeVos, have set their sights on destroying the public schools. Being a purple state, the ruling party in Lansing flips often, resulting in frequent major changes in education policy. Additionally, Michigan is big on "local control". There are about 500 public school systems. Add in the charter schools, and there are about 800 entities running schools, A survey found that, among that group of school runners, there are about 440 different systems in use for teaching reading.

They interviewed the woman who turned around literacy teaching in Mississippi. Apparently, she could force her system on all the school districts, and there was a commitment by the big dogs in state government, to keep at this one program, year, after year, after year.

Turn The Page Michigan: Why are so many Michigan kids struggling to read?

YouTube: Turn The Page Michigan: Why are so many Michigan kids struggling to read? (Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV)

Steve