Why didn't kids read more during the Covid schools shutdown?

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This video reveals that many of the programs were simply entertainment, not educational. No wonder kids fell behind in reading.

Kids just don't read for pleasure these days. I don't think schools or parents push it. They read social media and YouTube to learn how to do things. Don't ask me what happened my kids read or did while they were at home. I pushed it on them I don't think the school did.
 
This video reveals that many of the programs were simply entertainment, not educational. No wonder kids fell behind in reading.

By the looks of recent high school grads, it appears that middle schoolers were given Mein Kampf and the Communist Manifesto.
 
This video reveals that many of the programs were simply entertainment, not educational. No wonder kids fell behind in reading.

Kids just don't read for pleasure these days. I don't think schools or parents push it. They read social media and YouTube to learn how to do things. Don't ask me what happened my kids read or did while they were at home. I pushed it on them I don't think the school did.

Interesting article from the other day: try the WayBack Machine if one must

The new data provides the first national comparison of school districts through 2025, and offers a detailed picture of how individual school districts have performed over time. It underscores that many districts have experienced a long-term slump in student achievement, not just a blip during the pandemic.


Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.

Something troubling is happening in U.S. education.

Almost everywhere in America, students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new, district-level test score data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford.

Compared with a decade earlier, reading scores were down last year in 83 percent of school districts where data was available. Math scores were down in 70 percent. The declines have affected both rich and poor districts, and crossed racial and geographic divides.
 
Interesting article from the other day: try the WayBack Machine if one must

The new data provides the first national comparison of school districts through 2025, and offers a detailed picture of how individual school districts have performed over time. It underscores that many districts have experienced a long-term slump in student achievement, not just a blip during the pandemic.

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.

Something troubling is happening in U.S. education.

Almost everywhere in America, students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new, district-level test score data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford.

Compared with a decade earlier, reading scores were down last year in 83 percent of school districts where data was available. Math scores were down in 70 percent. The declines have affected both rich and poor districts, and crossed racial and geographic divides.
Might have something to do with reading everything off a screen. I have a great deal harder time absorbing and memorizing off a screen than printed text. Thought it was just me but maybe this is common. Also might have something to do with not teaching cursive. I was taught the read write say method of memorization. Takes way longer to take notes printing than writing in cursive.
 
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