U.S. Students Post Lowest Reading Scores in Decades
Todd Feathers,    -  Gizmodo

_Stephan: I have been tracking America’s literacy trend for years (see SR archive) because from the fifth century BCE, the linkage between literacy and democracy was understood; a correlation that still exists.  Our democracy is in sharp decline as the news about “king” Trump’s administration reveals daily. And part of the reason for this, I believe, is because we are becoming an increasingly i … ⌘ Read more