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Podcast: Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers
Episode: TEACHERS REACT: The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books - Part 2 [Ep 251]
Description: Did you catch last week’s episode? If not, listen here! In that conversation, we gave our initial reaction to the Atlantic article, The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books. Need the TL;DR? The article claims Gen Z is reading the fewest amount of books in recent history and some of the adverse effects of shifting to skill-focused learning. Today, we’re continuing the discussion, with a focus on college readiness.  The article shares the perspective of college professors who are finding their students unable to keep up with the reading. So what does that sa...