WHAT WE’RE READING
Rose Horowitch traces the decline of reading among Americans, which appears to be accelerating as each generation reads less, and as we collectively lose our willingness to devote “sustained attention to longer written works that convey rich and complicated information”—a trend Meredith Coffey has covered in depth from her perch as a former English teacher. Rose’s full piece is worth devoting your sustained attention to (it’s a long one): She looks at the destabilizing societal effects of literacy across eras and the more recent destabilizing effect of new technology supplanting the written word as a source of information, connection, and art.
EXTRA CREDIT:
Alicia Anderson, “Do school closures save money?” (Outside of California: Yes!)
Charlie Barone, “Continuing the Accountability Conversation with Ross Wiener”
Sara Mead, “The $24 Billion Question” (Will the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit benefit pre-K students?)
New York Times Editorial Board, “Bring Back the SAT, California”
Luke Rhine, “We need to ask better questions about how and if career pathways are working”
Colyn Ritter, “Audit ESAs Like We Mean to Keep Them”
Aaron Smith, “The Propulsive Growth of Non-Teaching School Staff”
Editor's note: This was first published on Mike Petrilli's Substack, SCHOOLED, a twice-weekly free Substack and email newsletter restarting the education-reform conversation.
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