Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Daily Wire: Teenage Literacy Is As Bad As It Was In The 1970s. What's Going On?
June 17, 2026
June 17, 2026
NEW YORK, June 17 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 16, 2026, by adjunct fellow Jennifer Weber to the Daily Wire:
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Teenage Literacy Is As Bad As It Was In The 1970s. What's Going On?
Technology and COVID hurt, but they're not the main problem.
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American 13-year-olds read no better than teenagers in 1971.
That is the conclusion of the latest National Assessm . . .
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Teenage Literacy Is As Bad As It Was In The 1970s. What's Going On?
Technology and COVID hurt, but they're not the main problem.
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American 13-year-olds read no better than teenagers in 1971.
That is the conclusion of the latest National Assessm . . .