In "America Skips School," Benjamin Barber makes the audience realize we have major flaws in our educational programs through facts, example, and solutions. He addresses the problem America is facing with declining test scores of American adults. Barber feels that the result of poor education is the lack of concern Americans have for their education and their children's. Americans do not value education more than they value entertainment. Barber concluded his essay with numerous answers for what Americans can do, and who is to blame for the lack of education our country suffers from.

Benjamin Barber starts his essay with shocking and depressing facts. He states that over 90 million adults in Amer

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