In this piece, Tom Bertonneau writes about his post-literate students, many of whom struggle with and abhor reading.
He also mentions Neil Postman's claim that literacy peaked in the U.S. around 1950. That sounds about right to me.
In this piece, Tom Bertonneau writes about his post-literate students, many of whom struggle with and abhor reading.
He also mentions Neil Postman's claim that literacy peaked in the U.S. around 1950. That sounds about right to me.
March 11, 2026
Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law....