Clay Burell on 2009-02-03
Did average homework loads go up during this time? I suspect so. If true, that's probably a huge factor. Kids are burning out, reading's aversive because it's related to too much homework.
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decline or reading linked w/ poorer academic AND SOCIAL outcomes.\n\nthis news release about the study highlights "civic, social, and economic implications."
Clay Burell on 2009-02-03
Did average homework loads go up during this time? I suspect so. If true, that's probably a huge factor. Kids are burning out, reading's aversive because it's related to too much homework.
Clay Burell on 2009-02-03
How much time are they spending reading online? Is TV viewing going down as the internet goes up? And won't the last three or four years - since the web 2.0 explosion - be radically different that stats for the web 1.0 years?
Clay Burell on 2009-02-03
I'm sympathetic, but skeptical. The biases of English teachers are fully exposed in the "classics" approach. Classics are less relevant to many than contemporary works. And literature is less relevant than non-fiction, which is available in hiigh-quality abundance today.
2007 > National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Reading Study
To Read or Not To Read gathers statistics from more than 40 studies on the reading habits and skills of children, teenagers, and adults.
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