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minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days ago This is what we’re using to evaluate literacy in the modern day. Hmm. I suppose it’s possible there’s some concerted effort amongst college professors to present false information about student literacy. Professors at top US college forced to change coursework over students struggling to read College Professors Warn Of A Literacy Crisis As More Gen Z Students Struggle With Reading Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively. Professors say Gen Z students can’t read, forcing colleges to lower academic standards
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 days agoYou’ve found a bunch of clickbait headlines built on anecdotes. But absent a marginal performance dip in the wake of COVID, overall US rates have been relatively flat for the first quarter of the 21st century. What you’re witnessing is a media converge on a given topic, not a social crisis. Once the media hype dies down, you’ll forget about it.
Hmm. I suppose it’s possible there’s some concerted effort amongst college professors to present false information about student literacy.
Professors at top US college forced to change coursework over students struggling to read
College Professors Warn Of A Literacy Crisis As More Gen Z Students Struggle With Reading
Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively.
Professors say Gen Z students can’t read, forcing colleges to lower academic standards
You’ve found a bunch of clickbait headlines built on anecdotes.
But absent a marginal performance dip in the wake of COVID, overall US rates have been relatively flat for the first quarter of the 21st century.
What you’re witnessing is a media converge on a given topic, not a social crisis. Once the media hype dies down, you’ll forget about it.