Literacy rates are declining: rising adult illiteracy, fewer children read well, lack of access and social media contribute to reduced reading and cognitive skills.
Reading for pleasure has declined sharply in the U.S., undermining learning, relationships, well-being, and cognitive skills amid growing digital distraction.
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.