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The term literacy has been an evolving concept in this country. We have been concerned with insuring that every American citizen become functionally literate; that is, we want everyone to be able to read signs and posters, complete job applications, read directions, and the like. We have also been concerned with improving literacy as more broadly defined by our schools: we want to insure that students who graduate are able to read newspapers, reports, and magazines, and to write memos, letters, and simple reports. E. D. Hirsch's book on cultural literacy has raised another concern: the need for students to become literate
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The term literacy has been an evolving concept in this country. We have been concerned with insuring that every American citizen become functionally literate; that is, we want everyone to be able to read signs and posters, complete job applications, read directions, and the like. We have also been concerned with improving literacy as more broadly defined by our schools: we want to insure that students who graduate are able to read newspapers, reports, and magazines, and to write memos, letters, and simple reports. E. D. Hirsch's book on cultural literacy has raised another concern: the need for students to become literate
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