Trouble for Teen Reading — Plus “Never Say Never” (Rowling), the Save Harry Petition, King’s Guess, and a Small-Press Potter Success This fall the NEA will release a report on a report on children’s reading habits that will highlight the drop-off in reading among adolescents. The Boston Globe has an early report (within a Harry Potter story today) that quotes chairman Dana Gioia: “Reading scores and rates seem to be going up in the age 7-11 range. But when kids hit high school, all the social pressure takes them away from reading and you see an enormous fall, to a […]
