副標(biāo)題：Adults in rich countries are less literate than they were a decade?ago. That requires attention主要說(shuō)在富裕國(guó)家成年人數(shù)學(xué)和閱讀能力不如小學(xué)生，并建議政府應(yīng)該改善兒童課程和成人教育系統(tǒng)來(lái)應(yīng)對(duì)
研究發(fā)現(xiàn)成年人在數(shù)學(xué)和閱讀方面不比小學(xué)生好：Data?released on December 10th by the OECD, a club of mostly rich?countries......The latest tests were carried out in 31 rich countries......They suggest that a fifth of adults do no better in maths and reading than might be expected of a primary school child大人不如小孩系列
這樣可能的原因：人口變化New immigrants often struggle with a new language. The native-born have ageing brains.社交媒體削弱敏銳度. Some speculate that Netflix, video games and social media are sapping acuity. 教育和培訓(xùn)系統(tǒng)失敗It is just as likely that education and training systems have misfired.竟然沒(méi)有提到短視頻影響？？？
導(dǎo)致技能最高和最低人之間差距拉大：In many countries the gap in ability between the highest- and lowest-skilled grown-ups is widening (not because smarty-pants are doing better, but because the least able are doing worse).這個(gè)也很反直覺(jué)，那就是有些人保持自己不提升，結(jié)果在社會(huì)上也是頂尖的存在，因?yàn)橄旅鏇](méi)有追趕上來(lái)的人，而是都掉隊(duì)了
怎么辦？改善兒童課程Improving lessons for children is the surest way of creating more capable grown-ups; governments ought to start there.改善成人教育系統(tǒng)These hand dropouts second chances; they also serve people who change careers and help migrants integrate.
