@article{ref1,
title="The assault on America's libraries designed to foster ignorance and damage social and individual wellbeing",
journal="Explore (NY)",
year="2024",
author="Schwartz, Stephan A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Literacy data and its impact on the nation   •  Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children  •  21 % of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022  •  54 % of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level  •  45 million are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level  •  44 % of the American adults do not read a book in a year  •  The Top 3 states for highest child literacy rates were Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Hampshire, in that order (highest to lowest).    Literacy data and its impact in the classroom   •  Approximately 40 % of students across the nation cannot read at a basic level.   •  Almost 70 % of low-income fourth grade students cannot read at a basic level.   •  49 % of 4th graders eligible for free and reduced-price meals finished below &quot;Basic&quot; on the NAEP reading test.   •  Teacher disposition changes drastically during reading instruction with poor readers.   •  Student disposition changes when they are made to feel inadequate.   •  Students struggle in other academic areas.   •  60 % of the behavioral problems occur<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1550-8307",
doi="10.1016/j.explore.2024.02.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2024.02.005"
}