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The End of Reading Is Here

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

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The Atlantic

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

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How reading decline affects political discourse.

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National Endowment for the Arts

The Men-Women Split in Reading is Real—and Persists Amid Historical Rate Declines

What does the data tell us about reading rates by gender?

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Teachers report Chromebooks hinder deep reading.

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Education Week

How to Build Students' Reading Stamina

Building stamina—the attention span and endurance to read texts for sustained periods—is critical to support reading comprehension.

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