High school student exposes classmates’ abysmal reading skills — as they struggle with words like ‘silhouette,’ ‘extraordinary’

A high school student in Philadelphia exposed how his classmates are struggling to read easy words and comprehend relatively ...

Philly charter school says student’s viral ‘Can You Read?’ video was ‘misleading and unfair’

A South Philadelphia charter school said Sunday that a student’s widely viewed videos showing classmates struggling to read ...

Viral video exposes truth about abysmal student reading | Opinion

A video from a Philadelphia student shows that too many students are not reading at grade level, and too many schools are ...
CNN

US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline

A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...
Education Week

Secondary Students Are Struggling With Reading, Too. A Look at the Landscape

Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...