I try not to hate-share articles but I'll make an exception here. We start with an interesting premise "hey, my high achieving students suddenly can't do important thing X" and then we go ahead and blame three things, basically without any data. And then the correlational timing doesn't work for any of them, except for *maybe* smartphones. Not great!
College Students Don’t Know How to Read Anymore. We’re in Denial Over How Bad It’s Gotten.
These kids aren’t lazy. We’re failing them.
slate.com