Report: Literacy Rates in the United States Have Declined Significantly in the Last 30 Years (medium.com)

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[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

While I dont doubt that texting has had something to do with it, there was a shift from phonics based reading to "balanced literacy" about 30 years ago. The approach has obviously failed in a pretty horrible way.

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