Friday, January 31, 2025

Rx: Read Two Books, and Call Me in the Morning

"It's not the pandemic," my friend Mary shook her head at breakfast this morning. "Reading scores are not coming up, and I know why."

"Kids aren't reading, right?" I said.

"AND," she added, "their parents aren't reading. Most kids never see an adult with a book outside of a classroom."

"It's all screens," I agreed.

"That's right," she nodded. "When I go to any waiting room, the kids are all looking at their phones, and so are the adults." She sighed. "We can't fix that at school."

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