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Jun 30, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Study: Low literacy hampers half of Philly workers

Full story: PhillyBurbs.com

Levittown - A study to be released Monday says more than half of the working-age adults in Philadelphia lack the basic reading and arithmetic skills needed to do the majority of jobs in the city.The study by labor economist Paul Harrington for the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board says the average Philadelphia score for reading ability is 260 ...

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