There Is a Reading Crisis, and It Is Self-Imposed!
The alarms have been sounding for decades. Our first scare was in the 1950s. Russia launched their Sputnik satellite, an achievement that we expected to accomplish first. It forced new attention on our public education system. In 1983, the report “A Nation at Risk” was published. It began this way: Our nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world… We report to the American people that while we can take justifiable pride in what our schools and colleges have historically accomplished and contributed to the […]