🚨 1 in 4 boys don’t read at all in a typical week.

A reading crisis we don’t talk about enough: working-class boys are being left behind early, and it shows 📉

#ReadingCrisis #BoysWhoRead #GetKidsReading #LiteracyMatters

New AERDF Report Offers Recommendations for Addressing K-12 Reading Crisis - AERDF The report, based on research from AERDF’s Reading Reimagined program, provides actionable takeaways for policymakers, district leaders, and educators.

This week, AERDF, a national nonprofit, released a new report that offers research-backed recommendations for supporting older readers.

Learn more here: aerdf.org/new-aerdf-re...

#EduSky #K12 #ReadingCrisis #Literacy

Have you listened to the Mostly Book Talk podcast? 🎧

It's hosted by our directors Ali and Katy. For the #NationalYearOfReading they are joined by authors, academics, teachers and librarians to discuss the #ReadingCrisis - why children aren't reading and what we can do about it.

Who decides which children’s books get published, promoted, and put into young readers’ hands? We explore publishing power, access, and why children’s books get so little media coverage.|

🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/ORdgY7U

#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure #ChildrensBooks

How do testing, technology & access to books affect children’s reading for pleasure? We hear from authors, teachers & librarians on the pressures shaping reading today and why it matters.

🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/Czich7o

#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure

Why aren’t children reading for pleasure and what can we do about it?

We look at the data, explore key barriers, and hear from authors, teachers & literacy experts working to change the story.

🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/7Zut6PU

#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure #teachers

Reading fewer full books is not progress. It is how attention shrinks and thinking gets shallow. You do not build minds on summaries and clips. You build them on pages patience and stories that challenge you
#Education #ReadingCrisis #BooksMatter #CriticalThinking

The Literacy Lie: Why Your “Passing” Student Can’t Actually Read Report cards show success. National tests show catastrophe. Someone’s lying—and your child’s future is the cost.

Reading isn't a learning style. It's a neurological process. Teaching it like art instead of science failed millions of children. New article on the literacy lie hiding behind passing grades: open.substack.com/pub/theparen...
#ReadingCrisis #ScienceOfReading #ParentAdvocacy #EducationReform

Why Kids Can’t Read Anymore
#ReadingCrisis #ScreenTime #Literacy #Education

Reading Is Dying and Parents Must Step Up
#ReadingCrisis #Parenting #ScreenTime

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#Denmark abolishes VAT on #books in order to address the #ReadingCrisis.

I think that's a great idea! While crap is generally free to read, see #X etc., why would we want make quality content less accessible by imposing taxes!?

Well ok, while certainly not every book is great, there is still a […]

The Decline of Literacy: Why Short Attention Spans Threaten Democracy - Industrial Estate of Mind The decline of reading is reshaping society, weakening our ability to think critically, and threatening democracy itself. From Britain’s literary tradition to modern attention spans, here’s why it mat...

We’re reading less, thinking less, and demanding ever simpler answers to complex problems. The decline of reading isn’t just cultural nostalgia — it’s a threat to democracy itself.
#Democracy, #AttentionSpan, #ReadingCrisis, #LiteraryTradition, #CriticalThinking

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The Reading Crisis: Why Books Still Matter
#ReadingCrisis #BooksMatter #DigitalVsBook #tjwalker

Too many California kids can’t read. Will phonics help? At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing many of them. The results are so obvious even those who struggle to read can see…

Too many California kids can’t read. Will phonics help? kymkemp.com/2025/06/16/too-many-cali... #CaliforniaEducation #ReadingCrisis #ScienceOfReading #Phonics #EarlyLiteracy #CalMatters #Preschool #HeadStart #LiteracyMatters #EdReform

2/10 The foundation is crumbling: NAEP scores show fourth graders below basic in reading at a 20-year high, while eighth graders are at the worst level in three decades. "A fourth grader who is below basic cannot grasp the sequence of events in a story," Brooks explains.
#Education #ReadingCrisis

THE REAL NATIONAL EMERGENCY: America is becoming post-literate. College students who can't read entire books. 33% of 8th graders have "below basic" reading skills, the worst in 30 years.
More than an education crisis. It's a threat to critical thinking, democracy, and our future.
#ReadingCrisis

Recent findings from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) point to a literacy crisis
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Your voice matters!
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