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5. It is troubling.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 04:12 PM

Oct 8

Part of the problem reaches back to the Bush era and I was pleased to see it covered here in this article.

My nephew who teaches at the college level is in his late 30s and sees the combination of standardized testing, iPhones, the constant connection of social media and then covid disruptions did not help at all.

It is a mess.

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But middle- and high-school kids appear to be encountering fewer and fewer books in the classroom as well. For more than two decades, new educational initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and Common Core emphasized informational texts and standardized tests.

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The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books [View all] Passages Oct 8 OP

I went to high school in a small town Vegan4life Oct 8 #1

They prepare them for the standardized tests. Passages Oct 8 #6

Oh boy. The nation is in trouble. Students can't/don't want to read... brush Oct 8 #2

About 10 years ago or more I read an article where novelist Philip Roth appalachiablue Oct 8 #3

It is troubling. Passages Oct 8 #5

It sounds like they may have been taught to focus too much on minute details. Jim__ Oct 8 #4

Many of today's teachers got their education under Dubya's "No Child Left Behind" program FakeNoose Oct 8 #7

It's very sad. So many factors at play here. My wife and I used to read so many books, we have huge bookshelves LymphocyteLover Oct 9 #8

I was a Russian major in the very late '70s and early '80s. Igel Oct 9 #9

There is someone who wrote a book about reading books NJCher Oct 9 #10

Thank you, I would appreciate the link. Passages Oct 10 #12

How about these professors choosing more relevant, modern books? Elessar Zappa Oct 10 #11