Schools Can’t Compete With Youth Culture

Schools Can’t Compete With Youth Culture
Children play video games on smartphones while attending a public event on Sept. 22, 2012 in Ruesselsheim, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Mark Bauerlein
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When reading and math scores came out last month and showed an alarming drop in academic achievement, nobody should have been surprised. What else was going to happen when schools locked down, planted kids in a room at home, and attached them to a screen for six hours per day?
Mark Bauerlein
Mark Bauerlein
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Mark Bauerlein is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, the TLS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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