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What the New, Low Test Scores for 13-Year-Olds Say About U.S. Education Now (www.nytimes.com)

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The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

This is the generation that has been raised in the “attention economy” of social media companies trying their absolute hardest to keep them engaged on their screen.

Sitting down and reading a book requires attention and focus that many of todays youth find very difficult to do.

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