Thank you for this great article! I think that another core issue is the gap in spending between higher education and early childhood. The latter gets much less attention and resources whereas it is the most critical time in a child's development, largely shaping the rest of their educational journey.
Regardless of educational policies, reading certainly isn't "cool" amongst my middle school students. I have a feeling this isn't so isolated either. Policy can't always fight culture--or touchscreen dopamine machines effectively raising children.
For it to be so broad and extending now for a decade, one begins to think about systemic and cultural impacts - smartphones/social media, family structure, per "Bad Therapy" the growth in psychotherapy for students?
Thank you for this great article! I think that another core issue is the gap in spending between higher education and early childhood. The latter gets much less attention and resources whereas it is the most critical time in a child's development, largely shaping the rest of their educational journey.
Regardless of educational policies, reading certainly isn't "cool" amongst my middle school students. I have a feeling this isn't so isolated either. Policy can't always fight culture--or touchscreen dopamine machines effectively raising children.
For it to be so broad and extending now for a decade, one begins to think about systemic and cultural impacts - smartphones/social media, family structure, per "Bad Therapy" the growth in psychotherapy for students?