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Young students have suffered ‘alarming’ drops in reading skills during pandemic
NY Post ^ | March 9, 2022 | Selim Algar and Sam Raskin

Posted on 03/10/2022 5:33:40 AM PST by george76

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To: ferret_airlift

In the first grade the teacher asked everyone to bring a book from home to read to the class. Her jaw hit the floor when my boy brought in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, and then read each character in a different voice.


21 posted on 03/10/2022 7:00:46 AM PST by GingisK
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To: george76

so they only look at pictures on their phones/computers/tablets ?


22 posted on 03/10/2022 7:01:29 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: george76

My grandniece who is 5 works a tablet like it’s part of her body , ask her something and she’ll have an answer is 2 seconds , LOL


23 posted on 03/10/2022 7:03:55 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: LibsRJerks

Years ago a friend teaching in an urban district who had a student who didn’t know the word “book”. Anyone visiting homes in these areas notices immediately the lack of books of any kind. Many have joined the “post-thinking” point; their TV or smartphone (with feeds controlled by our oligarchs) “thinks” for them, and the regurgitate that as “thoughts” or “opinions”. This has spread far outside the ghetto, too.

We saw it with COVID, now Ukraine.


24 posted on 03/10/2022 7:04:31 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: LibsRJerks

Many parents DEMAND that teachers give good grades. They aren’t interested in content being delivered and verified. Most people, even here at FR, don’t realize that schools lowered their standards in response to lawsuits that were levied by parents because their child didn’t get easy grades.


25 posted on 03/10/2022 7:05:42 AM PST by GingisK
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To: butlerweave
Ask her something that normally is not on the Internet.

Most material posted on the Internet is inferior to that found in books, Internet authors tend to think in terms of links while authors of books tend to organize and word material much better.

26 posted on 03/10/2022 7:10:15 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

She also has Books , remember those


27 posted on 03/10/2022 7:12:08 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: jagusafr

https://www.read21.org/ can teach a child to read in 21 classroom hours.


28 posted on 03/10/2022 7:14:27 AM PST by Qout
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To: george76

Like public schools were doing such a bang-up job BEFORE the pandemic.


29 posted on 03/10/2022 7:16:48 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: jagusafr

https://www.read21.org/ can teach a child to read in 21 classroom hours.


30 posted on 03/10/2022 7:18:32 AM PST by Qout
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To: butlerweave

Books. Lots of books. I maintain an “end of the world” library.


31 posted on 03/10/2022 7:25:20 AM PST by GingisK
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To: george76
More damage:

Speech Therapist: 364% Surge in Baby and Toddler Referrals Thanks to Mask Wearing

32 posted on 03/10/2022 7:33:58 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR i>OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: george76

I guess they’re spending to much time on transsexual story time...maybe instead of learning about diversity and inclusion, they should be more aware of “reading, writing and arithmetic”.


33 posted on 03/10/2022 7:41:30 AM PST by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: george76

Uneducated people make better democrat voters.


34 posted on 03/10/2022 8:04:25 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: george76

And what about American schools math and English proficiency??? Aren’t we approaching third-world levels of education??

Would this have anything to do with the Asian community being persecuted by the black community???


35 posted on 03/10/2022 8:37:41 AM PST by elpadre (And here in NCini)
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To: LibsRJerks

I can’t remember where I read it, but the author stated “diversity is a cancer to America.” The more I hear about the poor proficiency of American students, and then listen to the Ukrainian kids being interviewed, the more that statement comes to mind.


36 posted on 03/10/2022 8:42:43 AM PST by elpadre (And here in NCini)
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