Wait? What? Half of All Adults in Detroit are functionally illiterate?

This is a crazy stat if true.

If Detroit’s charters are hardly world-class, they are demonstrably better than the city’s traditional public schools, which is the most relevant metric for Detroit parents. The traditional public schools have failed abysmally for generations (about half of adults in Detroit are functionally illiterate).

Wow I guess its true according to this report. That is a travesty and its sad that no one seems to care about that happening in America.