According to a recent study, reading for pleasure has fallen by 40% in the last 20 years, continuing a long-running downward trend.

According to a recent study, reading for pleasure has fallen by 40% in the last 20 years, continuing a long-running downward trend. By many measures, reading skills for both students and adults continue to fall. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Elizabeth Alexander of the Mellon…

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