Our Screen Culture Increasingly Can’t Read

Over the past ten years, reading scores have declined in 83 percent of school districts.

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We’ve been having a debate about “book bans” in recent years, but given the steep decline in student literacy, the deeper question is how anyone would notice whether a book is available in a school library or not.

The New York Times published an eye-opening report on a study by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford documenting steep declines in student test scores, especially in reading.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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