The Hechinger Report notes that young teens have been reading less and less. This directly corresponds with the US Department of Education’s data, which shows that more than 100 million adults in America display low literacy skills. This means that more than 50% of Americans between 16 and 74 have reading skills equivalent to those of a child in the 6th grade. Causes of poor reading include students’ poor attention, laziness, and even a lack of motivation to learn to read.

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