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Anna North @ Vox · 11/21/2024 07:45 EDT

America’s literacy crisis isn’t what you think

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. “Kids can’t read anymore.” We heard this refrain earlier this month, when some connected a decline in reading among young people, as well as a shift toward getting news and information from short-form video, with the recent presidential […]

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