Kids Shortchanged

For John, BLUF:  Reading.  Not everybody likes it, but everybody should be exposed to it.  And told there are audio books.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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From Ms Annie Holmquist at Better Ed we have this offering, "Reading Levels: 1908 vs. 2014".

Some of you may remember the 1908 curriculum manual I dug up in the Minnesota Historical Society archives a few months ago.  When compared with a current public school reading list, it demonstrated that today’s schools are offering a more narrow view of western civilization and a simplified level of reading material.

Basically, it was tougher a century ago.  Sure, no one believes that they had to walk two miles, through snow, up hill, both ways, but Ms Holmquist's blog post shows that more was demanded of kids from a reading perspective.

Hat tip to the Instapundit, who referenced a post by Mr Jason W Stevens at The Federalist Papers.

Regards  —  Cliff