Some experts I spoke with attributed the decline of book reading to a shift in values rather than in skill sets. Students can still read books, they argue—they’re just choosing not to.

Students now seem increasingly incapable of reading whole books, a problem professors say is becoming the norm, even at some of the nation's most elite colleges. Fewer books in classrooms over time ...

"Some experts I spoke with attributed the decline of book reading to a shift in values rather than in skill sets. Students can still read books, they argue—they’re just choosing not to.

In 2011, I taught a college class on the meaning and value of work. It was a general-education class, the sort that students say they have to “get out of the way” before they move on to their ...

Good news in math, bad news in reading. What to know about the latest NAEP scores There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still ...

Even outside school, students are reading less. There’s little data on how many books are assigned by schools. But in general, students are reading less. Federal data from last year shows only 14% of ...

“Some experts I spoke with attributed the decline of book reading to a shift in values rather than in skill sets. Students can still read books, they argue — they’re just choosing not to.