Some good news. Getting back to books & less gadgets. It’s imperative we grasp the problem that if kids don’t read, digest & regurgitate that information at school they don’t really learn. That’s the problem with AI like chatGPT producing their essays. Similar to a whole generation not able to read a map. No problem until sat nav fails!
Here’s a spot of good news: in a survey of 125,000 kids aged 8 to 18 in 479 UK schools, 36.1% say they like reading in their spare time — up from 32.7% last year. According to the National Literacy Trust, 20.3% say they read every day. Last year’s figure was 18.7%.