In his recent article, America is Sliding Toward Illiteracy , Idrees Kahloon argues that American education is sliding backward. He states that literacy and basic academic skills have eroded, in part because of a “pervasive refusal to hold children to high standards.” He describes alarming data: in 2024, up to 40% of fourth graders and 33% of eighth graders were reading “below basic.” Here’s why that’s impossible at our school:  1. High expectations + direct support.  Kahloon

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