According to a recent HuffPost/YouGov poll of 1,000 U.S. adults asking about their reading habits, 41 percent of Americans had not read a fiction book in the last year. In addition, 42 percent had not read a nonfiction book. Moreover, 28 percent had not read a book at all in the past year! Are you surprised by this poll? Check out the poll in more depth by clicking here.
Parents and teachers need to work together to encourage young people to read. It is important that students actually want to read for enjoyment. In the UK, there is a program called Drop Everything And Read (DEAR). Schools have set aside ten minutes each day for students to “drop everything and read” to each other and/or an adult. The schools provide a wide variety of books for the students, and this program is used across all subject areas.
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I heard once, and have repeated over and over that, "Someone who can read and doesn't is no better off than someone who can't."
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