http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/40-of-11-year-olds-dont-read-for-fun/ Education News Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/40-of-11-year-olds-dont-read-for-fun/#comment-10309 40% of 11 Year Olds Don’t Read for Fun | Renascence School International News Blog Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:20:58 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=215300#comment-10309 [...] and the internet, having so many children abandon books completely is potentially troubling.” (more)    Comments (0) Return to main news [...] [...] and the internet, having so many children abandon books completely is potentially troubling.” (more)    Comments (0) Return to main news [...]

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/40-of-11-year-olds-dont-read-for-fun/#comment-10308 Bruce William Smith Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:57:22 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=215300#comment-10308 Reading literature for pleasure is in a long-term decline and has been for perhaps a century, at least among the best educated upper quintile. Rarely reported is that surveys conducted as part of the latest PISA studies found the problem to be worldwide, affecting even such an admired educational system as Finland's. This is an area where homeschoolers likely have an advantage, and we all have to be homeschoolers in the summer (especially if our kids are not academically behind). Reading literature for pleasure is in a long-term decline and has been for perhaps a century, at least among the best educated upper quintile. Rarely reported is that surveys conducted as part of the latest PISA studies found the problem to be worldwide, affecting even such an admired educational system as Finland’s. This is an area where homeschoolers likely have an advantage, and we all have to be homeschoolers in the summer (especially if our kids are not academically behind).

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/40-of-11-year-olds-dont-read-for-fun/#comment-10290 Bob Rose Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=215300#comment-10290 The teaching of reading is terribly retarded. Hopefully, this will soon change. The teaching of reading is terribly retarded. Hopefully, this will soon change.

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