More educated, healthier... better? What science says about voracious readers
Reading in the United States has declined sharply—about 40% over 20 years—driven partly by social media and increased work demands, reducing health-related benefits of reading.
High schoolers' reading and math scores kept declining during COVID, with performance among seniors hitting its lowest point in over two decades | Fortune
U.S. high school and middle school students experienced continuing declines in reading, math, and science achievement, with 12th-grade scores at a 20-year low.
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U.S. leisure reading participation fell about 40% over two decades while remaining readers spend modestly more time, and racial disparities in reading widened.