The dumbing down of our education system manifests itself in many ways, among them the fact that students are rarely required to read books these days. They aren’t required to read books in their K–12 years, and that affects them in college.

In today’s Martin Center article, Andrew Wolf ponders this state of affairs.

He begins:

Gone are the days when reading a book was the preferred means to knowledge, replaced by the rapid consumption of digital media and the allure of screen-based entertainment. This phenomenon is growing in America, and it is pronounced among our youth.

The tyranny of low expectations has conquered many of our schools, and many students don’t have the “stamina” to read an entire book.

Wolf observes:

In educational contexts, there’s an increasing emphasis on digital literacy and multimedia learning, often at the expense of traditional reading. Simultaneously, there’s a noticeable preference for content that entertains rather than educates.

He wants to see college professors try to reverse this trend and shows how they can.

Read the whole thing.