Rose Horowitz

Well, definitely smartphones and social media and the fact that people's attention is just constantly pulled in many different directions. So they just don't get the practice or kind of accustomed to focusing on smartphones. Thank you so much for having me.

I spoke with some education experts who study high school and then with some high school teachers themselves, and they were talking about how educational initiatives like No Child Left Behind and Common Core really emphasized informational texts and standardized tests.

I spoke with some education experts who study high school and then with some high school teachers themselves, and they were talking about how educational initiatives like No Child Left Behind and Common Core really emphasized informational texts and standardized tests.

I spoke with some education experts who study high school and then with some high school teachers themselves, and they were talking about how educational initiatives like No Child Left Behind and Common Core really emphasized informational texts and standardized tests.

And so in response, teachers at many schools shifted from books to short informational passages to kind of mimic the format of reading comprehension tests. And that has left less time for teaching books and just made it harder for students to read books because they just have less experience doing it. So the root is what happens in high school. Yes.

And so in response, teachers at many schools shifted from books to short informational passages to kind of mimic the format of reading comprehension tests. And that has left less time for teaching books and just made it harder for students to read books because they just have less experience doing it. So the root is what happens in high school. Yes.

And so in response, teachers at many schools shifted from books to short informational passages to kind of mimic the format of reading comprehension tests. And that has left less time for teaching books and just made it harder for students to read books because they just have less experience doing it. So the root is what happens in high school. Yes.

It's that when these students arrive at college, nobody's ever asked them to do anything of the magnitude that, you know, a college syllabus is.

It's that when these students arrive at college, nobody's ever asked them to do anything of the magnitude that, you know, a college syllabus is.

It's that when these students arrive at college, nobody's ever asked them to do anything of the magnitude that, you know, a college syllabus is.

Yes. So it's sort of the change in the preparation that's leading to this problem.

Yes. So it's sort of the change in the preparation that's leading to this problem.

Yes. So it's sort of the change in the preparation that's leading to this problem.

Yes, that was something that came up in my reporting a lot. It was, you know, it's not just, you know, oh, students today are lazy. It actually seems like students today are busier than they ever were before. And, you know, teachers were saying they can't believe, you know, what's on these students' schedules.

Yes, that was something that came up in my reporting a lot. It was, you know, it's not just, you know, oh, students today are lazy. It actually seems like students today are busier than they ever were before. And, you know, teachers were saying they can't believe, you know, what's on these students' schedules.

Yes, that was something that came up in my reporting a lot. It was, you know, it's not just, you know, oh, students today are lazy. It actually seems like students today are busier than they ever were before. And, you know, teachers were saying they can't believe, you know, what's on these students' schedules.

But there's just, you know, because of grade inflation and also the pressure to kind of get into a top school, you know, Students really have to differentiate themselves outside of the classroom, and that just takes an exceptional amount of time.

But there's just, you know, because of grade inflation and also the pressure to kind of get into a top school, you know, Students really have to differentiate themselves outside of the classroom, and that just takes an exceptional amount of time.

But there's just, you know, because of grade inflation and also the pressure to kind of get into a top school, you know, Students really have to differentiate themselves outside of the classroom, and that just takes an exceptional amount of time.

You don't have the time in the day maybe to just sit down and read a long novel or finish all your class reading because you do need to also be doing extracurriculars or getting a job or starting a charity or something that just makes it really challenging to find the time to read. Yeah.