For years U.S. employers have been grousing that more and more aspiring workers lack the know-how to get the most basic jobs done. Last week such complaints received alarming confirmation. Adult Literacy in America, a 150- page survey conducted by the Princeton-based Educational Testing Service and released by the Department of Education, reported that roughly 90 million Americans over age 16 -- almost half that category's total population -- are, as far as most workplaces are concerned, basically unfit for employment.
Who is included in that definition? Those who can sign a credit-card receipt but are incapable of writing a letter...
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