28-07-2025
There is no reading crisis in the U.S. Here's what's really happening.
Paul L. Thomas is a professor of education at Furman University and author of 'How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students.'
After her controversial appointment, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon posted this apparently uncontroversial claim on social media: 'When 70% of 8th graders in the U.S. can't read proficiently, it's not the students who are failing — it's the education system that's failing them.'
